Gita Verse 14.25

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 14, Verse 25

Sanskrit Verse

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

Transliteration

mānāpamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāri-pakṣhayoḥ

sarvārambha-parityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa uchyate

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's 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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 14