SB 3.29.26

आत्मनश्च परस्यापि यः करोत्यन्तरोदरम् ।
तस्य भिन्नदृशो मृत्युर्विदधे भयमुल्बणम् ॥२६॥

Text

ātmanaś ca parasyāpi
yaḥ karoty antarodaram
tasya bhinna-dṛśo mṛtyur
vidadhe bhayam ulbaṇam

Synonyms

atmanah—of himself; ca—and; parasya—of another; api—also; yah—one who; karoti—discriminates; antara—between; udaram—the body; tasya—of him; bhinna-dṛśaḥ—having a differential outlook; mṛtyuḥ—as death; vidadhe—I cause; bhayam—fear; ulbaṇam—great. 

Translation

As the blazing fire of death, I cause great fear to whoever makes the least discrimination between himself and other living entities because of a differential outlook. 

Purport

There are bodily differentiations among all varieties of living entities, but a devotee should not distinguish between one living entity and another on such a basis; a devotee’s outlook should be that both the soul and Supersoul are equally present in all varieties of living entities. 

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