658 Srimad-Bhagavatam | Canto 4, Ch. 16
Suni caiva svapake ca
panditah sama-darsinah
“The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a
learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater
| outcaste].” (Bg. 5.18)

Thus a learned man does not look upon the dresses that externally cover
the living entity but sees the pure soul within the varieties of dress and
knows very well that the varieties of dress are the creation of nescience
(avidya-racitam). Being a saktydvesa-avatara empowered by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Prthu Maharaja did not change his spiritual posi-
tion, and consequently there was no possibility of his viewing the material
world as reality.

TEXT 20
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aq wat | ASaAIATE-
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aitaaate ASTANA |
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maa Ft TATA:
waa afamdt aM: Noll
ayam bhuvo mandalam odayadrer
goptaika-viro naradeva-nathah
asthaya jaitram ratham atta-capah
paryasyate daksinato yatharkah

ayam—this King; bhuvah—of the world; mandalam—the globe; d-udaya-
adreh—from the mountain where the first appearance of the sun is visible;
gopta—will protect; eka—uniquely; virah—powerful, heroic; nara-deva—
of all kings, gods in human society; nathah—the master; adsthaya—being
situated on; jaitram—victorious; ratham—his chariot; atta-capah—holding
the bow; paryasyate—he will circumambulate; daksinatah—from the
southern side; yatha—like; arkah—the sun.

TRANSLATION

This King, being uniquely powerful and heroic, will have no competitor.
He will travel around the globe on his victorious chariot, holding his invin-
cible bow in his hand and appearing exactly like the sun, which rotates in
its own orbit from the south.
