14.24 Clod, stone and gold alike Krishna speaks
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ
tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-sanstutiḥ
the same in pain and pleasure, at home in the self, taking clod, stone and gold alike; the same toward what is wanted and unwanted, steady, the same under blame and praise;
Explanation
Clod, stone and gold alike.
The list of samenesses runs on — pain and pleasure, wanted and unwanted, blame and praise — and lands on the one with an edge to it.
Gold is the item that makes the claim testable. Being even about weather is available to most people; being even about money is the version that costs something.
Word by word
- sama
- alike
- duḥkha
- distress
- sukhaḥ
- happiness
- sva-sthaḥ
- established in the self
- sama
- equally
- loṣhṭa
- a clod
- aśhma
- stone
- kāñchanaḥ
- gold
- tulya
- of equal value
- priya
- pleasant
- apriyaḥ
- unpleasant
- dhīraḥ
- steady
- tulya
- the same
- nindā
- blame
- ātma-sanstutiḥ
- praise
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