Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 179

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-5 Karma Sanyāsa Yogaḥ

vidyā vinaya saṃpanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini | śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ || 18 || 18. The sages regard with equality one well-endowed with learning and humility, a Brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater. Commentary The sages are those who have realized the true nature of the Self in all beings — they’re all of the same nature, though they are perceived in radically dissimilar embodiments such as those of one endowed with learning and humility, a mere Brahmin [by birth], a cow, an elephant, a dog, a dog-eater and other sentient beings, because they all have consciousness as their essential attribute.