समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः | तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ||१४-२४||
samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ . tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ ||14-24||
- sama
- equal
- duḥkha
- in distress
- sukhaḥ
- and happiness
- sva-sthaḥ
- being situated in himself
- sama
- equally
- loṣṭa
- a lump of earth
- aśma
- stone
- kāñcanaḥ
- gold
- tulya
- equally disposed
- priya
- to the dear
- apriyaḥ
- and the undesirable
- dhīraḥ
- steady
- tulya
- equal
- nindā
- in defamation
- ātma-saṁstutiḥ
- and praise of himself
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O son of Pāṇḍu, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear; who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of the material qualities, remaining neutral and transcendental, knowing that the modes alone are active; who is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress; who looks upon a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is equal toward the desirable and the undesirable; who is steady, situated equally well in praise and blame, honor and dishonor; who treats alike both friend and enemy; and who has renounced all material activities – such a person is said to have transcended the modes of nature.