TEXT 18

Devanagari

विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।
श‍ुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिता: समदर्शिन: ॥ १८ ॥

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Tekst

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

Synonyms

vidyā — with education; vinaya — and gentleness; sampanne — fully equipped; brāhmaṇe — in the brāhmaṇa; gavi — in the cow; hastini — in the elephant; śuni — in the dog; ca — and; eva — certainly; śva-pāke — in the dog-eater (the outcaste); ca — respectively; paṇḍitāḥ — those who are wise; sama-darśinaḥ — who see with equal vision.

vidyā — haridusega; vinaya — ja vagurusega; sampanne — täielikult varustatud; brāhmaṇe — brāhmaṇas; gavi — lehmas; hastini — elevandis; śuni — koeras; ca — ja; eva — kindlasti; śva-pāke — koerasööjas (tsiviliseerimatus inimeses); ca — vastavalt; paṇḍitāḥ — need, kes on targad; sama- darśinaḥ — kes vaatavad võrdse pilguga.

Translation

The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].

Alandlikud targad, kes omavad tõelisi teadmisi, vaatavad võrdse pilguga nii õpetatud ja vagurat brāhmaṇat, lehma, elevanti, koera kui ka koerasööjat [tsiviliseerimatut inimest].

Purport

A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not make any distinction between species or castes. The brāhmaṇa and the outcaste may be different from the social point of view, or a dog, a cow and an elephant may be different from the point of view of species, but these differences of body are meaningless from the viewpoint of a learned transcendentalist. This is due to their relationship to the Supreme, for the Supreme Lord, by His plenary portion as Paramātmā, is present in everyone’s heart. Such an understanding of the Supreme is real knowledge. As far as the bodies are concerned in different castes or different species of life, the Lord is equally kind to everyone because He treats every living being as a friend yet maintains Himself as Paramātmā regardless of the circumstances of the living entities. The Lord as Paramātmā is present both in the outcaste and in the brāhmaṇa, although the body of a brāhmaṇa and that of an outcaste are not the same. The bodies are material productions of different modes of material nature, but the soul and the Supersoul within the body are of the same spiritual quality. The similarity in the quality of the soul and the Supersoul, however, does not make them equal in quantity, for the individual soul is present only in that particular body whereas the Paramātmā is present in each and every body. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has full knowledge of this, and therefore he is truly learned and has equal vision. The similar characteristics of the soul and Supersoul are that they are both conscious, eternal and blissful. But the difference is that the individual soul is conscious within the limited jurisdiction of the body whereas the Supersoul is conscious of all bodies. The Supersoul is present in all bodies without distinction.

Kṛṣṇa teadvuses viibiv inimene ei tee vahet elusolendite erinevate liikide või kastide vahel. Brāhmaṇa ja tsiviliseerimatu inimene on ühiskondlikust vaatenurgast erinevad; koer, lehm ja elevant on erinevad oma liigilise kuuluvuse poolest, kuid õpetatud transtsendentalisti jaoks on kõik need erinevused tähtsusetud. Seda seepärast, et ta mõistab elusolendite suhteid Kõigekõrgemaga ning et Paramātmā näol viibib Kõigekõrgem Jumal Oma täieliku ekspansioonina iga elusolendi südames. Selline arusaam Kõigekõrgemast on tõeline tarkus. Mis puutub erinevate kastide ja liikide esindajatesse, siis suhtub Jumal kõikidesse elusolenditesse võrdselt armulikult. Jumal suhtub igasse elusolendisse kui Oma sõpra, kuid säilitab Paramātmā positsiooni, mis ei sõltu tingimustest, milles elusolend viibib. Paramātmāna on Jumal kohalolev nii tsiviliseerimatus inimeses kui ka brāhmaṇas, ehkki nende kehad pole samasugused. Kehad on materiaalse looduse erinevate guṇade materiaalne toodang, kuid hing ja Ülihing kehas omavad samu vaimseid omadusi. Hinge ja Ülihinge omaduste sarnasus ei tähenda siiski veel seda, et nad omaksid neid samal määral. Individuaalne hing viibib ainult ühes kehas, samal ajal kui Paramātmā viibib igas kehas. Kṛṣṇa teadvuses viibiv inimene omab sellest täielikke teadmisi ja vaatab seetõttu kõiki elusolendeid võrdse pilguga. Hing ja Ülihing omavad mõlemad teadvust, on igavesed ja täis õndsust. Kuid erinevus seisneb selles, et individuaalse hinge teadvus piirdub ühe kehaga, samas kui Ülihing omab teadvust kõikides kehades. Ülihing viibib ühegi erandita kõikides kehades.