Bhagavad Gita · 12.18-19
॥
Devanāgarī
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः ।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
समःsamaḥequal, regarding alike.
शत्रौ च मित्रे चśatrau ca mitre catoward foe and toward friend.
तथा मानापमानयोःtathā māna-apamānayoḥas well as toward honor and dishonor.
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषुśīta-uṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣuin cold and heat, in happiness and distress.
समःsamaḥequal, regarding alike.
सङ्गविवर्जितःsaṅga-vivarjitaḥfree from [bad] association.
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिःtulya-nindā-stutiḥone for whom blame (nindā) and praise (stuti) are equal (tulya).
मौनीmaunīsilent, restrained in speech.
सन्तुष्टःsantuṣṭaḥcontent.
येन केनचित्yena kenacitwith whatever there may be.
अनिकेतःaniketaḥwithout (a-) a home (niketaḥ), unattached to a dwelling.
स्थिरमतिःsthira-matiḥone whose mind (mati) is steady (sthira).
भक्तिमान्bhaktimāndevoted.
मे प्रियः नरःme priyaḥ naraḥsuch a person (naraḥ) is dear to Me.
Translation
“One who is equal toward friend and foe, toward honor and dishonor, toward cold and heat, happiness and distress; who is free from contaminating association; (18) who regards blame and praise alike, who is restrained in speech, content with whatever comes of itself, unattached to a home, whose mind is fixed [in knowledge] — such a devoted person is very dear to Me. (19)”
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