Word meanings
- samaḥ
- alike
- śatrau
- to a foe
- ca
- and
- mitre
- to a friend
- ca tathā
- as well as
- māna-apamānayoḥ
- in honor and dishonor
- śīta-uṣṇa
- in cold and heat
- sukha-duḥkheṣu
- in joy and sorrow
- samaḥ
- equipoised
- saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
- free from all unfavorable association
Translations
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.
He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honor and dishonor, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, and who is enamored of nothing—
He who is the same towards friend and foe, and in honor and dishonor; who is the same under cold, heat, happiness, and sorrow; who is free from attachment to all.
जो शत्रु और मित्रमें तथा मान-अपमानमें सम है और शीत-उष्ण (अनुकूलता-प्रतिकूलता) तथा सुख-दुःखमें सम है एवं आसक्तिसे रहित है, और जो निन्दास्तुतिको समान समझनेवाला, मननशील, जिस-किसी प्रकारसे भी (शरीरका निर्वाह होनेमें) संतुष्ट, रहनेके स्थान तथा शरीरमें ममता-आसक्तिसे रहित और स्थिर बुद्धिवाला है, वह भक्तिमान् मनुष्य मुझे प्रिय है।Commentary
The ordinary man of the world is ruled by the pairs of opposites, honour and dishonour, cold and heat and pleasure and pain but a Yogi or a sage or a devotee (Bhagavata) has a balanced mind. He has poise or eanimity. He is not at all swayed by the blind forces of attraction and repulsion. He who does wrong to others is a foe. He who does good to others is a friend. The devotee or the sage has no attachment for objects of any kind.