Bhagavad Gita 12.18
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः। शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ। śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ।।12.18।।
Word by word
- समः
- equal/even-minded
- शत्रौ
- to an enemy
- च
- and
- मित्रे
- to a friend
- च
- and
- तथा
- likewise
- मानापमानयोः
- in honor and dishonor
- शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु
- in cold, heat, pleasure, and pain
- समः
- equal/even-minded
- सङ्गविवर्जितः
- free from attachment
Commentary
18-19. He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor ; who is the same in co)d and heat, in pleasure and pain ; who is free from attachment ; to whom censure and praise are 314 THE BHAGAVAD GITA. [DlS. XIL equal ; who is silent, content with anything, home- less, steady-minded, full of devotion ; that man is dear to me.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 18-19 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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