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Bhagavad Gita 6.7

जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः। शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः।।

jitātmanaḥ praśhāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
jita-ātmanaḥjita-ātmanaḥone who has conquered one’s mind
praśhāntasyapraśhāntasyaof the peaceful
parama-ātmāparama-ātmāGod
samāhitaḥsamāhitaḥsteadfast
śhītaśhītain cold
uṣhṇauṣhṇaheat
sukhasukhahappiness
duḥkheṣhuduḥkheṣhuand distress
tathātathāalso
mānamānain honor
apamānayoḥapamānayoḥand dishonor

The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as well as in honor and dishonor.

शीत-उष्ण, सुख-दु:ख तथा मान-अपमान में जो प्रशान्त रहता है, ऐसे जितात्मा पुरुष के लिये परमात्मा सम्यक् प्रकार से स्थित है, अर्थात्, आत्मरूप से विद्यमान है।।