Chapter 14 Verse 23 of 27

• śrī-bhagavān uvāca
• prakāśaḿ ca pravṛttiḿ ca
• moham eva ca pāṇḍava
• na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni
• na nivṛttāni kāńkṣati
• udāsīna-vad āsīno
• guṇair yo na vicālyate
• guṇā vartanta ity evaḿ
• yo 'vatiṣṭhati neńgate
• sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ
• sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ
• tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras
• tulya-nindātma-saḿstutiḥ
• mānāpamānayos tulyas
• tulyo mitrāri-pakṣayoḥ
• sarvārambha-parityāgī
• guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O son of Pāṇḍu, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear; who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of the material qualities, remaining neutral and transcendental, knowing that the modes alone are active; who is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress; who looks upon a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is equal toward the desirable and the undesirable; who is steady, situated equally well in praise and blame, honor and dishonor; who treats alike both friend and enemy; and who has renounced all material activities — such a person is said to have transcended the modes of nature.

Synonyms

• uvāca

  the Supreme Personality of Godhead said

• prakāśam

  illumination

• ca

  and

• pravṛttim

  attachment

• ca

  and

• moham

  illusion

• ca

  also

• pāṇḍava

  O son of Pandu

• dveṣṭi

  does not hate

• sampravṛttāni

  although developed

• nivṛttāni

  nor stopping development

• kā

  kań

• ṣati

  desires

• vat

  as if neutral

• āsīnaḥ

  situated

• guṇaiḥ

  by the qualities

• yaḥ

  one who

• na

  never

• vicālyate

  is agitated

• guṇāḥ

  the qualities

• vartante

  are acting

• evam

  knowing thus

• yaḥ

  one who

• avatiṣṭhati

  remains

• na

  never

• i

  iń

• ate

  flickers

• sama

  equal

• duḥkha

  in distress

• sukhaḥ

  and happiness

• sthaḥ

  being situated in himself

• sama

  equally

• loṣṭa

  a lump of earth

• aśma

  stone

• kāñcanaḥ

  gold

• tulya

  equally disposed

• priya

  to the dear

• apriyaḥ

  and the undesirable

• dhīraḥ

  steady

• tulya

  equal

• nindā

  in defamation

• saḿstutiḥ

  and praise of himself

• māna

  in honor

• apamānayoḥ

  and dishonor

• tulyaḥ

  equal

• tulyaḥ

  equal

• mitra

  of friends

• ari

  and enemies

• pakṣayoḥ

  to the parties

• sarva

  of all

• ārambha

  endeavors

• parityāgī

  renouncer

• atītaḥ

  transcendental to the material modes of nature

• saḥ

  he

• ucyate

  is said to be.

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