Canto 3, Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Verse 26 (SB 3.29.26)
SB 3.29.26 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

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

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
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.