🪷 ŚB 7.13.42

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Sanskrit

नाहं निन्दे न च स्तौमि स्वभावविषमं जनम् । एतेषां श्रेय आशासे उतैकात्म्यं महात्मनि ॥ ४२ ॥

Transliteration

nāhaṁ ninde na ca staumi sva-bhāva-viṣamaṁ janam eteṣāṁ śreya āśāse utaikātmyaṁ mahātmani
Synonyms
na — not; aham — I; ninde — blaspheme; na — nor; ca — also; staumi — praise; sva-bhāva — whose nature; viṣamam — contradictory; janam — a living entity or human being; eteṣām — of all of them; śreyaḥ — the ultimate benefit; āśāse — I pray for; uta — indeed; aikātmyam — oneness; mahā-ātmani — in the Supersoul, the Parabrahman (Kṛṣṇa).

Translation

Different people are of different mentalities. Therefore it is not my business either to praise them or to blaspheme them. I only desire their welfare, hoping that they will agree to become one with the Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.

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