Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 17
Chapter 5
Verse 18 of 29
Verse 19
Verse 5.18
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्रह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि। शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥5.18॥
5.18 vidyāvinayasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

In a brahmin (brāhmaṇa) endowed with knowledge and humility, in a cow, in an elephant, And even in a dog, and in a dog-eater, the wise (paṇḍitāḥ) see the same.

Stoller MillerLiterary

Learned men see with an equal eye a scholarly and dignified priest, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and even an outcaste scavenger.

ZaehnerJesuit

(18) [These] wise ones see the self same thing in a Brahman wise and courteous as in a cow or an elephant, nay, as in a dog or out-caste.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

5.18 The learned ones look with equanimity on a Brāhmaṇa endowed with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant and even a dog as well as an eater of dog's meat.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

5.18 The sages look with an equal eye on one endowed with learning and humility, a Brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.

SivanandaVedanta

5.18 Sages look with an equal eye on a Brāhmaṇa endowed with learning and humility, on a cow, on an elephant, and even on a dog and an outcaste.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 17
Chapter 5
Verse 18 of 29
Verse 19