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  "name":"SB 3.29.26",
  "h1":"SB 3.29.26",
  "label":"Text 26",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.29.26",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 3.29.26

आत्मनश्च परस्यापि यः 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.