FOURTEENTH DISCOURSE.
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समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥ २४ ॥
Balanced in pleasure and pain, self-reliant, to whom a lump of earth, a rock and gold are alike, the same to loved and unloved, firm, the same in censure and in praise, (24)
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारंभपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥ २५ ॥
The same in honour and ignominy, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings—he is said to have crossed over the qualities.[1] (25)
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ २६ ॥
And he who serveth Me exclusively by the Yoga of devotion, he, crossing beyond the qualities,[1] he is fit to become the Eternal. (26)
