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Chapter 5, Verse 18

विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि। शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।

vidyāvinayasaṃpanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini. śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ.5.18.

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विद्याविनयसंपन्ने
in one endowed with knowledge and humility
ब्राह्मणे
in a brahmin
गवि
in a cow
हस्तिनि
in an elephant
शुनि
in a dog
च एव
and indeed
श्वपाके
in a dog-eater (outcaste)
and
पण्डिताः
the wise (ones)
समदर्शिनः
see with equal vision

Commentary

18. In a Brahma^a endued with wisdom and humility, in a cow, in an elephant, as also in a dog and in a dog-eater * the wise see the same.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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विद्याविनयसंपन्ने
ब्राह्मणे
गवि
हस्तिनि
शुनि
च एव
श्वपाके
पण्डिताः
समदर्शिनः

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