Bhagavad Gita · 2.15
॥
Devanāgarī
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha |
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यम्yamwhom.
हिhitruly, indeed.
न व्यथयन्तिna vyathayantido not disturb, do not trouble, do not unsettle.
एतेetethese [pairs of opposites].
पुरुषम्puruṣamthe person.
पुरुषर्षभpuruṣa-ṛṣabhaO best of men (lit. ‘bull among men’).
समदुःखसुखम्sama-duḥkha-sukhamthe one who regards distress (duḥkha) and happiness (sukha) equally (sama).
धीरम्dhīramthe sober, steadfast, unshaken one.
सःsaḥhe.
अमृतत्वायamṛtatvāyafor immortality.
कल्पतेkalpatebecomes worthy, is fit, is ready.
Translation
“O best of men, the person whom these [dualities] do not disturb, who remains steadfast and regards happiness and distress alike — truly, such a sober person becomes worthy of immortality.”
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