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  "label":"Text 177",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.177",
  "description":"\" 'The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.'"

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Cc. Antya 4.177

Text

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śvapāke ca
paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

Synonyms

vidyā—knowledge; vinaya—gentleness; sampanne—endowed with; brāhmaṇe—unto a brāhmaṇa; gavi—unto a cow; hastini—unto an elephant; śuni—unto a dog; ca—and; eva—also; śva-pāke—unto a dog-eater; ca—also; paṇḍitāḥ—those who are actually learned in spiritual understanding; sama-darśinaḥ—equipoised.

Translation

“ 'The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Bhagavad-gītā (Bg. 5.18).