Bhagavad Gita · Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaChapter 14, Shloka 24 (14.24)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः
॥ 14.24 ॥
samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ
tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ
Translation
"— one who is even in pleasure and pain, self-abiding (established in oneself), who sees a clod of earth, a stone and gold as equal, who is the same towards the pleasant and the unpleasant, steadfast, and the same in blame and in praise of oneself —"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. svasthaḥ sve ātmani sthitaḥ prasannaḥ — established in one's own Self, serene.
Acharya Ramanuja (14.24–14.25 together): svasthaḥ svasmin sthitaḥ svātmaikapriyatvena tadvyatiriktaputrādijanmamaraṇādisukhaduḥkhayoḥ samacittaḥ — because one's own Self alone is dear, one is even-minded even in the joys and sorrows of the birth and death of a son and the like.
Madhusudana Saraswati. Why evenness in pleasure and pain: dveṣarāgaśūnyatayā anātmadharmatayā anṛtatayā ca — because there is no attachment or aversion, because they are not taken as properties of the Self; and svasthaḥ svasminn ātmany eva sthitaḥ.
Shridhara Swami. yataḥ svasthaḥ svarūpa eva sthitaḥ, ata eva samāni loṣṭāśmakāñcanāni — because one is established in one's own nature, earth, stone and gold are alike.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.