samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |
śītoṣṇa sukha duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga vivarjitaḥ || 18 ||
18. He who is impartial to both foe and friend, honour and dishonour, who is indifferent to both
cold and heat, pleasure and pain and who is free from all attachments;
tulya nindā stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit |
aniketaḥ sthira-matiḥ bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ || 19 ||
19. to whom both censure and praise are equal, who is silent [when praised or abused] and
content with any condition, who has no home, who is steady of mind, and who is devoted to Me
— dear to Me is such a person.
