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Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord
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for him. Conceptions of good and bad are all imaginations or mental speculations. When one forgets that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, he wants to enjoy the material world through different plans. At that time he distinguishes between material plans that are good and those that are bad. Actually, however, they are all false.
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বিদ্যাবিনয়সম্পন্নে ব্রাহ্মণে গবি হস্তিনি ।
শুনি চৈব খপাকে চ পণ্ডিতাঃ সমদর্শিনঃ ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
SYNONYMS
vidyā —knowledge;  vinaya —gentleness;  sampanne —endowed with;  brāhmaṇe —unto a  brāhmaṇa ;  gavi —unto a  cow ;  hastini —unto an elephant;  śuni —unto a  dog ;  ca —and;  eva —also;  śva-pāke —unto a  dog-eater ;  ca —also;  paṇḍitāḥ —those who are actually learned in spiritual understanding;  sama-darśinaḥ —equipoised.
TRANSLATION
“‘The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle  brāhmaṇa , a  cow , an elephant, a  dog  and a  dog-eater .’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from  Bhagavad-gītā  (5.18).
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জ্ঞানবিজ্ঞানত্প্রাত্মা কৃটস্বো বিজিতেন্দ্রিয়ঃ ।
যুক্ত ইত্যুচ্যতে যোগী সমলোষ্ট্রাশ্মকাঞ্চনঃ ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭrāśma-kāñcanaḥ
SYNONYMS
jñāna —by acquired knowledge;  vijñāna —realized knowledge;  tṛpta —satisfied;  ātmā —living entity;  kūṭa-sthaḥ —fixed in his constitutional position;  vijita —con-