visá¹›jya smayamÄnÄn svÄn
dṛśaá¹ vrÄ«á¸Äá¹ ca daihikÄ«m
praṇamed daṇá¸a-vad bhÅ«mÄv
Ä-Å›va-cÄṇá¸Äla-go-kharam
visá¹›jya - giving up; smayamÄnÄn - who are laughing; svÄn - one's own friends; dṛśam - the outlook; vrÄ«á¸Äm - the embarrassment; ca - and; daihikÄ«m - of the bodily conception; praṇamet - one should offer obeisances; daṇá¸a-vat - falling down like a rod; bhÅ«mau - upon the ground; Ä - even; Å›va - to the dogs; cÄṇá¸Äla - outcastes; go - cows; kharam - and asses.
Disregarding the ridicule of one’s companions, one should give up the bodily conception and its accompanying embarrassment. One should offer obeisances before all — even the dogs, outcastes, cows and asses — falling flat upon the ground like a rod.
One should practice seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead within all creatures. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu advised all devotees to consider themselves lower than a blade of grass and to be more tolerant than a tree. In such a humble position, one will not be disturbed in the prosecution of pure devotional service to the Lord. A devotee does not foolishly think that a cow or an ass is God, but rather the devotee sees the Supreme Lord within all creatures, and on this higher, spiritual plane he does not discriminate.
