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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 13]
fine garments and ornaments. Then I travel like a king on the back of an elephant or on a chariot or horse. Sometimes, however, I travel naked, like a person haunted by a ghost.
TEXT 42
नाहं निन्दे न च स्तौमि स्वभावविषमं जनम् । एतेषां श्रेय आशासे उतैकात्म्यं महात्मनि ॥४२॥
nāhaṁ ninde na ca staumi sva-bhāva-viṣamaṁ janam eteṣāṁ śreya āśāse utaikātmyaṁ mahātmani
na —not;  aham —I;  ninde —blaspheme;  na —nor;  ca —also;  staumi —praise;  sva-bhāva —whose nature;  viṣamaṁ —contradictory;  janam —a living entity or human being;  eteṣāṁ —of all of them;  śreyaḥ —the ultimate benefit;  āśāse —I pray for;  uta —indeed;  aikātmyaṁ —oneness;  mahā-ātmani —in the Supersoul, the Parabrahman (Kṛṣṇa).
TRANSLATION
Different people are of different mentalities. Therefore it is not my business either to praise them or to blaspheme them. I only desire their welfare, hoping that they will agree to become one with the Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
As soon as one comes to the platform of  bhakti-yoga , one understands fully the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, is the goal of life ( vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ). This is the instruction of all the Vedic literature ( vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ, sarva dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ). There is no use in praising someone for material qualifications or blaspheming him for material disqualifications. In the material world, good and bad have no meaning because if one is good he may be elevated to a higher planetary system and if one is bad he may be degraded to the lower planetary systems. People of different mentalities are sometimes elevated and