para-svabhÄva-karmÄṇi
na praÅ›aá¹sen na garhayet
viÅ›vam ekÄtmakaá¹ paÅ›yan
praká¹›tyÄ puruá¹£eṇa ca

 para-svabhÄva-karmÄṇi - the characteristics or activities of others; na - not; praÅ›aá¹set - one should praise; na - not; garhayet - should criticize; viÅ›vam - the universe; eka-Ätmakam - as one; paÅ›yan - seeing; praká¹›tyÄ - by nature; puruá¹£eṇa - by the living entity; ca - and.


Text

“ ‘One should see that because of the meeting of material nature and the living entity, the universe is acting uniformly. Thus one should neither praise nor criticize the characteristics or activities of others.’

Purport

This verse from ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.28.1) was spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava.