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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12, Verse 18

The Path of Devotion

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 12.18 mean?

He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honor and dishonor, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, and who is enamored of nothing—

Word-by-word meaning

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

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