Verse 14.25
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥
Transliteration
mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ |
sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Who is the same in honour and dishonour, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings he is said to have transcended the alities.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
who is the same in honour and dishonour, the same toward friend and foe, and who has given up all self-driven undertakings: such a one is said to have gone beyond the qualities.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
The portrait closes with three more marks. Such a person is the same in honour and disgrace, and the same toward the side of friends and the side of enemies. They have given up all ārambha, undertakings begun from personal desire, the very restlessness named earlier as a sign of passion. Then the sentence ends: such a one is called guṇātīta, beyond the qualities. Equality toward friend and foe is a pointed phrase for Arjuna, who stands between two armies. It does not forbid action, but it removes hatred and partiality from it.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08