मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः | सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ||१४-२५||
mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ . sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate ||14-25||
- māna
- in honor
- apamānayoḥ
- and dishonor
- tulyaḥ
- equal
- tulyaḥ
- equal
- mitra
- of friends
- ari
- and enemies
- pakṣayoḥ
- to the parties
- sarva
- of all
- ārambha
- endeavors
- parityāgī
- renouncer
- guṇa-atītaḥ
- transcendental to the material modes of nature
- saḥ
- he
- ucyate
- is said to be
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.