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SB 3.29.26

Devanāgarī

आत्मनश्च परस्यापि य: करोत्यन्तरोदरम् । तस्य भिन्नद‍ृशो मृत्युर्विदधे भयमुल्बणम् ॥ २६ ॥

Text

ātmanaś ca parasyāpi yaḥ karoty antarodaram tasya bhinna-dṛśo mṛtyur vidadhe bhayam ulbaṇam

Synonyms

ātmanaḥ—of himself;ca—and;parasya—of another;api—also;yaḥ—one who;karoti—discriminates;antarā—between;udaram—the body;tasya—of him;bhinna-dṛśaḥ—having a differential outlook;mṛtyuḥ—as death;vidadhe—I cause;bhayam—fear;ulbaṇam—great.

Translation

As the blazing fire of death, I cause great fear to whoever makes the least discrimination between himself and other living entities because of a differential outlook.

Purport

There are bodily differentiations among all varieties of living entities, but a devotee should not distinguish between one living entity and another on such a basis; a devotee’s outlook should be that both the soul and Supersoul are equally present in all varieties of living entities.
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