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Ch 14•Verse 24
Adhyāya 14 • Shloka 24

समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः | तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः || २४ ||

sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ | tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-saṁstutiḥ || 24 ||

"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;"

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The Direct Meaning

Krishna lists the profound external and internal symptoms of equanimity. The liberated person is 'sva-sthaḥ' (situated in the self). From that fortress, happiness and distress are the same (sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ). To them, a clod of dirt, a stone, and solid gold have the exact same spiritual value (sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ). They are perfectly steady (dhīras), remaining totally unfazed whether society showers them with praise or attacks them with vicious blame (nindātma-saṁstutiḥ).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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