समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः | तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः
samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ . tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ
Wer in Leid und Freude gleichmütig ist, im Selbst gefestigt, dem ein Erdklumpen, ein Stein und Gold gleich sind, dem Angenehmes und Unangenehmes gleich sind, der weise ist, dem Tadel und eigenes Lob gleich sind;
He to whom sorrow and happiness are alike, who is established in his own Self, to whom a lump of earth, iron and gold are the same, to whom the agreeable and the disagreeable are the same, who is wise, to whom censure and his own praise are the same;
Dieser Weise ist in seinem wahren Selbst verankert und bleibt unberührt von den Dualitäten des Lebens. Für ihn sind Freude und Leid, Wertvolles und Wertloses, Angenehmes und Unangenehmes, Lob und Tadel von gleichem Wert, da er über die Anhaftung an diese Gegensätze hinausgewachsen ist.
Night and day have no meaning to a post fixed in the ground. Even so pleasure and pain have no meaning to a sage who dwells in his own Self. He is above the pairs of opposites. In his eyes cowdung or gold? a jewel or a stone? are of eal value. He is free from the idea of,giving and taking. His mind is not perturbed by anything pleasant or unpleasant. He is the same towards agreeable and disagreeable things. Praise and censure cannot affect him. He stands adamant. He abides in his own essential state as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute. He is ever calm and serene. (Cf.V.18)