समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गाविवर्जितः॥
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित्।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः॥
Transliteration
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |
śītoṣṇa sukha duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga vivarjitaḥ || 18 ||
tulya nindā stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit |
aniketaḥ sthira-matiḥ bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ || 19 ||
Translation
One who is equal to both foe friend, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, and who is free from all attachment, to whom both censure and praise are equal, who is silent [when praised or abused] and content with any condition, who doesn't care for any residence, who is steady of mind, and who full of devotion— is dear to me.
