The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
हिंसा तदभिमानेन दण्डपारुष्ययोर्यथा । वैषम्यमिह भूतानां ममाहमिति पार्थिव ॥ २४ ॥
Transliteration
hiṁsā tad-abhimānena daṇḍa-pāruṣyayor yathā vaiṣamyam iha bhūtānāṁ mamāham iti pārthiva
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
hiṁsā — suffering; tat — of this; abhimānena — by the false conception; daṇḍa-pāruṣyayoḥ — when there is punishment and chastisement; yathā — just as; vaiṣamyam — misconception; iha — here (in this body); bhūtānām — of the living entities; mama-aham — mine and I; iti — thus; pārthiva — O lord of the earth.
Translation
“My dear King, the conditioned soul, being in the bodily conception of life, considers his body to be his self and considers everything in relationship with the body to be his. Because he has this wrong conception of life, he is subjected to dualities like praise and chastisement.”