Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 12 · The Way of Devotion

    Verse 18

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 12, Verse 18

    समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ

    Translation

    He who is the same to foe and friend, honor and dishonor, who is alike to both cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and who is free from all attachments;
    — Swami AdidevanandaFeatured

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