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Bhagavad Gita · 12.18 · The Yoga of Devotion·18 of 20

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोःशीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः

samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ

Sanskrit recitation

The devotee’s everyday virtues · 12.13–12.20 · Teaching

Translation

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.

Meaning

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 equanimity. 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.

After Swami Sivananda

The devotee’s everyday virtues· 12.13–12.20

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
cha
and
mitre
to a friend
samaḥ
equipoised
śhatrau
to a foe
cha tathā
as well as
śhīta-uṣhṇa
in cold and heat
māna-apamānayoḥ
in honor and dishonor
sukha-duḥkheṣhu
in joy and sorrow
saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
free from all unfavorable association

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