Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 18
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 5 श्लोक 18

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



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 5.18)
।।5.18।।ज्ञानी महापुरुष विद्याविनययुक्त ब्राह्मणमें और चाण्डालमें तथा गाय हाथी एवं कुत्तेमें भी समरूप परमात्माको देखनेवाले होते हैं।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Now the question may arise being what kind of persons are those who achieve
moksa or liberation? Lord Krishna uses the word panditah or the wise. Who
are the wise? Those with the inner eye of wisdom who perceive the Brahman
or spiritual substratum pervading all existence in things that appear
dissimilar. The example of a humble, learned brahmin and an outcaste
dogeater shows dissimilarity in conduct and the examples of a cow and an
elephant show dissimilarity in species but the spiritually awakened sees
all with equal vision.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Due to this supra-conscious awareness illuminating ones  intelligence  atma
tattva or realisation of the soul is attained and  once  this  happens  then
one realises the soul, as a  manifestation  of  the  Supreme  Lord  existing
equally in all living beings. This is purport  Lord  Krishna  is  giving  in
this verse.

Now begins the summation.

Even though there are external  differences  in  the  forms  among  embodied
beings including humans, aquatics, animals  and  plants,  the  Supreme  Lord
Krishna is ever present in each and every  being  as  a  witness  energising
them all as the Supreme Soul and from whom  a  minuscule  portion  comprises
the eternal individual soul.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

The name Brahmana refers  to  the  saintly  and  spiritual  class  in  India
possessed of moral conduct and Vedic knowledge. The mention along with  them
of a cow, an elephant, a dog and an outcaste  person  who  eats  dog  is  to
illustrate the great differences in the physical bodies of all  the  various
species of life  in  which  the  embodied  atma  or  soul  resides  in.  The
variegated appearances of different species of life is due  to  prakriti  or
material nature not the atma. The compound word sama-darsinah meaning  equal
vision is how those in atma tattva or soul realisation regard all the  atmas
residing in unlimited bodies as being  equal  due  to  the  atmas  essential
nature of being eternal and of being an infinitesimal part  of  the  Supreme
Lord Krishna.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
The name Brahmana refers  to  the  saintly  and  spiritual  class  in  India
possessed of moral conduct and Vedic knowledge. The mention along with  them
of a cow, an elephant, a dog and an outcaste  person  who  eats  dog  is  to
illustrate the great differences in the physical bodies of all  the  various
species of life  in  which  the  embodied  atma  or  soul  resides  in.  The
variegated appearances of different species of life is due  to  prakriti  or
material nature not the atma. The compound word sama-darsinah meaning  equal
vision is how those in atma tattva or soul realisation regard all the  atmas
residing in unlimited bodies as being  equal  due  to  the  atmas  essential
nature of being eternal and of being an infinitesimal part  of  the  Supreme
Lord Krishna.