The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 224

p. 224

अतिरिक्तमिवाकुर्वन्स श्रेयान्नेतरो जनः ॥

In plain words

Treating him without special distinction, that person is better, not the other:

Close to the Sanskrit

Not making [him] as if additional, he is better, not the other person: