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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.29.16

విసృజ్య స్మయమానాన్ స్వాన్ ద‍ృశం వ్రీడాం చ దైహికీమ్ । ప్రణమేద్ దణ్డవద్ భూమావాశ్వచాణ్డాలగోఖరమ్ ॥ ౧౬ ॥
visṛjya smayamānān svān
[visrijya smayamaanaan svaan]
dṛśaṁ vrīḍāṁ ca daihikīm
[drisham vreedaam cha daihikeem]
praṇamed daṇḍa-vad bhūmāv
[pranamed danda-vad bhoomaav]
ā-śva-cāṇḍāla-go-kharam
[aa-shva-chaandaala-go-kharam]
visṛjya — giving up smayamānān — who are laughing svān — one’s own friends dṛśam — the outlook vrīḍām — the embarrassment ca — and daihikīm — of the bodily conception praṇamet — one should offer obeisances daṇḍa-vat — falling down like a rod bhūmau — upon the ground ā — even śva — to the dogs cāṇḍāla — outcastes go — cows kharam — and asses.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
visṛjya smayamānān svān
visṛjya
giving up
smayamānān
who are laughing
svān
one’s own friends
dṛśaṁ vrīḍāṁ ca daihikīm
dṛśam
the outlook
vrīḍām
the embarrassment
ca
and
daihikīm
of the bodily conception
praṇamed daṇḍa-vad bhūmāv
praṇamet
one should offer obeisances
daṇḍa-vat
falling down like a rod
bhūmau
upon the ground
ā
even
ā-śva-cāṇḍāla-go-kharam
śva
to the dogs
cāṇḍāla
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. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu 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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Disregarding friends’ ridicule, one’s bodily consciousness and embarrassment, one should offer obeisances before all—even the dogs, outcastes, cows and asses—falling flat upon the ground like a rod. This verse describes the practice of one who naturally sees me everywhere. One should disregard friends who ridicule, saying “Look! That great person is offering respects to a low creature.” Ones should give up bodily conception such as “I am elevated. He is fallen. How can I offer respects to him?” By that bodily conception one develops embarrassment. Giving up that embarrassment, one should offer respects even to dogs and cāṇḍālas, since one sees only the Lord present everywhere.
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