Krishna begins concluding the character profile of His ideal devotee by outlining their perfect equilibrium. He says: One who remains perfectly equal and balanced (samaḥ) toward both an enemy (śatrau) and a friendly well-wisher (mitre ca), and who is similarly equipoised in the face of both honor and severe dishonor or insult (tathā mānāpamānayoḥ). One who maintains strict equilibrium through the physical extremes of heat and cold (śītoṣṇa), as well as through emotional happiness and distress (sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ), remaining entirely free from contaminating, selfish attachments (saṅga-vivarjitaḥ)... (The sentence concludes in Verse 19).