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Bhagavad Gita 5.18

Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga (Renunciation of Action) · कर्मसंन्यासयोग

विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥

vidyāvinayasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini |śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 5.18 in English

The wise look with an equal eye on a learned and humble scholar, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and one whom society shuns.

गीता 5.18 का हिंदी अर्थ

ज्ञानी जन विद्या और विनय से संपन्न ब्राह्मण, गाय, हाथी, कुत्ते और समाज द्वारा तिरस्कृत व्यक्ति — सबको समान दृष्टि से देखते हैं।

equalitycastecompassion

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.