गुणाधिकान्मुदं लिप्सेदनुक्रोशं गुणाधमात् । मैत्रीं समानादन्विच्छेन्न तापैरभिभूयते ॥ ३४ ॥
gunadhikan mudam lipsed anukrosam gunadhamat maitrim samanad anvicchen na tapair abhibhuyate
- guna-adhikat
- one who is more qualified
- mudam
- pleasure
- lipset
- one should feel
- anukrosam
- compassion
- guna-adhamat
- one who is less qualified
- maitrim
- friendship
- samanat
- with an equal
- anvicchet
- one should desire
- na
- not
- tapaih
- by tribulation
- abhibhuyate
- becomes affected.
Every man should act like this: when he meets a person more qualified than himself, he should be very pleased; when he meets someone less qualified than himself, he should be compassionate toward him; and when he meets someone equal to himself, he should make friendship with him. In this way one is never affected by the threefold miseries of this material world.