Praise and criticism shake me
Five verses to read slowly, in this order.
- 2.38
सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।
ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥sukha-duḥkhe same kṛitvā lābhālābhau jayājayau
Having made pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat equal, engage in battle for the sake of battle; thus, you shall not incur sin.
tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi - 12.18
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor, who is the same in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and who is free from attachment.
śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ - 12.19
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येनकेनचित्।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्ितमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣhṭo yena kenachit
He to whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of a steady mind, and full of devotion; that man is dear to me.
aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ - 14.24
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ
Who is the same in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of earth, a stone, and gold are all alike, who is the same to the dear and the unfriendly, who is firm, and to whom censure and praise are one and the same.
tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-sanstutiḥ - 6.7
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥jitātmanaḥ praśhāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ
The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, as well as in honor and dishonor.
śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ