Seeing the Lord equally present everywhere, one does not destroy the Self by the self, and thus attains the supreme goal. Shankara reads this as the Self-realized person who, free from identification with the body-ego, never harms the true Self. Ramanuja interprets it as the devotee whose God-centered vision prevents all self-destructive action. The Bhakti tradition teaches that seeing God everywhere naturally prevents sin and leads to the supreme abode. Madhva explains that maintaining correct vision of God's presence preserves the soul's spiritual integrity and leads to liberation. Abhinavagupta teaches that not destroying the Self means not covering pure awareness with the contracted ego — when the Lord is seen equally, the ego's fragmenting tendency dissolves. Vallabha explains that perceiving Krishna in everyone naturally prevents harm and preserves the soul's purity. Tilak reads this as the reward of equal vision: ethical action preserves the soul from moral corrosion. Vivekananda interprets this as a call to stop degrading one's own divine nature through selfishness — every act of cruelty is self-destruction because the same consciousness dwells in all.