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Bhagavad Gita 12.18

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।

samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
samaḥsamaḥalike
śhatrauśhatrauto a foe
chachaand
mitremitreto a friend
cha tathācha tathāas well as
māna-apamānayoḥmāna-apamānayoḥin honor and dishonor
śhīta-uṣhṇaśhīta-uṣhṇain cold and heat
sukha-duḥkheṣhusukha-duḥkheṣhuin joy and sorrow
samaḥsamaḥequipoised
saṅga-vivarjitaḥsaṅga-vivarjitaḥfree from all unfavorable association

He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor, who is the same in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and who is free from attachment.

जो पुरुष शत्रु और मित्र में तथा मान और अपमान में सम है; जो शीत-उष्ण व सुखदु:खादिक द्वन्द्वों में सम है और आसक्ति रहित है।।