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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.19.15

यदा न कुरुते भावं सर्वभूतेष्वमङ्गलम् । समद‍ृष्टेस्तदा पुंस: सर्वा: सुखमया दिश: ॥ १५ ॥
yadā na kurute bhāvaṁ
[yadaa na kurute bhaavam]
sarva-bhūteṣv amaṅgalam
[sarva-bhooteshv amangalam]
sama-dṛṣṭes tadā puṁsaḥ
[sama-drishtes tadaa pumsah]
sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ
[sarvaah sukhamayaa dishah]
yadā — when na — not kurute — does bhāvam — a different attitude of attachment or envy sarva-bhūteṣu — to all living entities amaṅgalam — inauspicious sama-dṛṣṭeḥ — because of being equipoised tadā — at that time puṁsaḥ — of the person sarvāḥ — all sukha-mayāḥ — in a happy condition diśaḥ — directions.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yadā na kurute bhāvaṁ
yadā
when
na
not
kurute
does
bhāvam
a different attitude of attachment or envy
sarva-bhūteṣv amaṅgalam
sarva-bhūteṣu
to all living entities
amaṅgalam
inauspicious
sama-dṛṣṭes tadā puṁsaḥ
sama-dṛṣṭeḥ
because of being equipoised
tadā
at that time
puṁsaḥ
of the person
sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ
sarvāḥ
all
sukha-mayāḥ
in a happy condition
diśaḥ
directions.
When a man is nonenvious and does not desire ill fortune for anyone, he is equipoised. For such a person, all directions appear happy.

Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī said, viśvaṁ pūrṇa-sukhāyate: when one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, for him the entire world appears happy, and he has nothing for which to hanker. On the brahma-bhūta stage, or the platform of spiritual realization, there is no lamentation and no material hankering ( na śocati na kāṅkṣati ). As long as one lives in the material world, actions and reactions will continue, but when one is unaffected by such material actions and reactions, he is to be considered free from the danger of being victimized by material desires. The symptoms of those who are satiated with lusty desires are described in this verse. As explained by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, when one is not envious even of his enemy, does not expect honor from anyone, but instead desires all well-being even for his enemy, he is understood to be a paramahaṁsa, one who has fully subdued the lusty desires for sense gratification.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When a person does not show hatred to even his enemies, then all directions are filled with happiness for that person who sees all beings with equal vision. The remarkable quality of satisfied desire is described. When one does not show hatred (amaṅgalam) to other beings, even if they hate you, to those who do not show respect to but rather, disrespect you, all directions are blissful for that person who considers equally those who criticize or praise you. Sukhamayāḥ should be sukhamayyaḥ.
A nonenvious person, wishing ill to no one, finds all directions happy. The world's flavor is set by our internal attitude, not by the external arrangement; envy alone can sour a paradise.
Reflection Questions
  • Where is envy still souring otherwise pleasant aspects of my life?
  • Whose good fortune could I bless today, and how would that change the flavor of my day?
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