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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि |
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ||५-१८||
vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini .
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||5-18||
Krishna describes what the wise truly see: "A person of real wisdom looks at a learned scholar, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a person society considers lowest — and sees the same divine reality in all of them."
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विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि |
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ||५-१८||
vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini .
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||5-18||
BG 5.18
Settle
Picture the people you quietly rank above and below you. Let the ranking soften into one even gaze.
The essence
The same self looks out from all.
Breathe
You meet each being evenly You let one judgment fall away
Contemplate
Who do you place beneath you, and what does that cost you?
Take with you
Name one person you rank, and write what an even gaze would see.