Canto 11, Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Verse 15 (SB 11.29.15)
SB 11.29.15 • मूल श्लोक

नरेष्वभीक्ष्णं मद्भ‍ावं पुंसो भावयतोऽचिरात् । स्पर्धासूयातिरस्कारा: साहङ्कारा वियन्ति हि ॥ १५ ॥

Transliteration

nareṣv abhīkṣṇaṁ mad-bhāvaṁ puṁso bhāvayato ’cirāt spardhāsūyā-tiraskārāḥ sāhaṅkārā viyanti hi

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

nareṣu — in all persons; abhīkṣṇam — constantly; mat-bhāvam — the personal presence of Me; puṁsaḥ — of the person; bhāvayataḥ — who is meditating upon; acirāt — quickly; spardhā — the tendency to feel rivalry (against equals); asūyā — envy (of superiors); tiraskārāḥ — and abuse (of inferiors); sa — along with; ahaṅkārāḥ — false ego; viyanti — they disappear; hi — indeed.

Translation

“For him who constantly meditates upon My presence within all persons, the bad tendencies of rivalry, envy and abusiveness, along with false ego, are very quickly destroyed.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
We conditioned souls tend to feel rivalry toward our equals, envy toward our superior, and the desire to belittle our subordinates. These contaminated propensities, along with their very basis, false ego, can be quickly vanquished by meditating upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead within every living being.