Chapter 12, Verse 18
Part of 12: Bhakti Yog — भक्तियोगसमः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः॥
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samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
ଯେ ଶତ୍ରୁ ଓ ମିତ୍ର ପ୍ରତି ସମାନ, ମାନ ଓ ଅପମାନରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମାନ, ଶୀତ ଓ ଉଷ୍ଣରେ, ସୁଖ ଓ ଦୁଃଖରେ ସମାନ, ଏବଂ ଆସକ୍ତିରହିତ।
The ordinary man of the world is ruled by the pairs of opposites, honour and dishonour, cold and heat and pleasure and pain but a Yogi or a sage or a devotee (Bhagavata) has a balanced mind. He has poise or eanimity. He is not at all swayed by the blind forces of attraction and repulsion. He who does wrong to others is a foe. He who does good to others is a friend. The devotee or the sage has no attachment for objects of any kind.