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The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful is balanced in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as also in honour and dishonour.

For one who has mastered himself and is at peace, the highest self stays collected in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour.

Krishna describes the one who has conquered himself and is at peace. For such a person, the highest self (paramātman) remains collected through cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and insult. Some traditions read paramātman here as the supreme Self dwelling within; others read the phrase as saying that the person's own self is supremely composed. Both readings point to the same experience: a centre that is not disturbed by the pairs of opposites. The verse extends the earlier teaching on evenness of mind into the practice of meditation.