Verse 12.18
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः ।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥
Transliteration
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honour and dishonour, who is the same in cold and heat and in pleasure and pain, who is free from attachment.
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One who is the same to foe and friend, the same in honour and dishonour, the same in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and free of attachment,
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The devotee is the same towards enemy and friend, the same in honour and dishonour, the same in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and free from attachment. These pairs of opposites recall the description of the person of steady wisdom in chapter two and of the yogi in chapter six. The Gita's ideal remains consistent across different paths: evenness amid life's contrasts. The verse begins a sentence that is completed in the next one, which brings the portrait to a close.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08