Chapter 5 · The yoga of renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 5.18
The wise see all with an equal eye.
Shri Bhagavan
विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥
vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini / śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ
The wise look with an equal eye on a brahmin who has learning and humility, on a cow, on an elephant, and on a dog and a man who cooks dogs.
हिंदी · विद्या और विनय से सम्पन्न ब्राह्मण में, गाय में, हाथी में, तथा कुत्ते और चाण्डाल में भी, पण्डित समान दृष्टि रखते हैं।
What it means
The wise see all with an equal eye.
The wise see the same in a learned and humble brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog and an outcaste.
This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.
Where this verse stands
Self, equality and non-attachment
Chapter 55.14–21
Agency, equal vision and inward stability are developed.
This verse belongs to the middle development of the movement.
Common questions
What does Bhagavad Gita 5.18 mean?
The wise see all with an equal eye. The wise see the same in a learned and humble brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog and an outcaste.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 5.18?
Shri Bhagavan. The speaker is taken from the text’s own उवाच line as transcribed, not inferred from the verse number.