समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः | शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ||१२-१८||
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ . śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ ||12-18||
- samaḥ
- equal
- śatrau
- to an enemy
- ca
- also
- mitre
- to a friend
- ca
- also
- tathā
- so
- māna
- in honor
- apamānayoḥ
- and dishonor
- śīta
- in cold
- uṣṇa
- heat
- sukha
- happiness
- duḥkheṣu
- and distress
- samaḥ
- equipoised
- saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
- free from all association
One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn’t care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service – such a person is very dear to Me.