BG - 14.25

मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः।सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते।।14.25।।

mānāpamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāri-pakṣhayoḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa uchyate

• māna - honor
• apamānayoḥ - dishonor
• tulyaḥ - equal
• tulyaḥ - equal
• mitra - friend
• ari - foe
• pakṣhayoḥ - to the parties
• sarva - all
• ārambha - enterprises
• parityāgī - renouncer
• guṇa-atītaḥ - risen above the three modes of material nature
• saḥ - they
• uchyate - are said to have

Translation

Who is the same in honor and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings, he is said to have transcended the dualities.

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