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

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 14, Verse 25
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the same in honor and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, having abandoned all initiative born of selfish desire, is said to have transcended the qualities, restating the same list once more with a final emphasis on abandoning purely self-interested striving.

In life: much of the remaining reactivity in even a fairly advanced person tends to trace back to some lingering, purely self-interested motive still operating quietly underneath their actions.

Teaching: for your own remaining areas of reactivity, look specifically for a lingering, purely self-interested motive still operating underneath the reaction, addressing that motive directly tends to help more than trying to suppress the reactive behavior on its own.

mānahonor
apamānayoḥdishonor
tulyaḥequal
tulyaḥequal
mitrafriend
arifoe
pakṣhayoḥto the parties
sarvaall
ārambhaenterprises
parityāgīrenouncer
guṇa-atītaḥrisen above the three modes of material nature
saḥthey
uchyateare said to have

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
14.25 मानापमानयोः in honour and dishonour? तुल्यः the same? तुल्यः the same? मित्रारिपक्षयोः to friend and foe? सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी abandoning all undertakings? गुणातीतः crossed the Gunas? सः he? उच्यते is said.Commentary He keeps a balanced mind in honour and dishonour. He is the same to friend and foe. He is not affected by the dual throng. He has risen above the Gunas. He rests in his own essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute. He abids in his own Self. He is a Gunatita (one who has transcended the alities of Nature) who is not affected by the play of the alities. He keeps an even outlook amidst changes. He maintains a clam eilibrium.He abandons all actions that can bring visible or invisible fruits or results but he does actions that are necessary for the bare maintenance of his body. The alities described in verses 23? 24 and 25? such as indifference? etc.? are the means for attaining liberation. They represent the ideal that you should have before you. The aspirant should cultivate them. But one attains knowledge of the Self when he abides in his own true nature. These attributes form part and parcel of his nature and serve as marks to indicate that he has crossed beyond the three alities.The Lord gives in the following verse the answer to the third estion of Arjuna How does one go beyond the three alities