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para-svabhava-karmani

na prasamsen na garhayet

visvam ekatmakam pasyan

prakrtya purusena ca

SYNONYMS

para-svabhava-karmani—the characteristics or activities of others; na—not; prasamset—one should praise; na—not; garhayet—should criticize; visvam—the universe; eka-atmakam—as one; pasyan—seeing; prakrtya—by nature; purusena—by the living entity; ca—and "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 Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.28.1) was spoken by Lord Krsna to Uddhava.