Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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आत्मनश्च परस्यापि यः करोत्यन्तरोदरम् ।
तस्य भिन्नदृशो मृत्युर्विदधे भयमुल्बणम् ॥२६॥

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

WORD BY 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.

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.

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