BG 12.18-19

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः ।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ

Word-for-word meanings

samaḥ — [one who is] equally disposed;  śatrau ca — to an enemy;  mitre ca — and to a friend;  tathā — as well as;  māna — [toward] honor;  apamānayoḥ — [and] dishonor;  samaḥ — [who is] even-minded;  śīta — [in] cold;  uṣṇa — [and] heat;  sukha — [and in] happiness;  duḥkheṣu — [and] misery;  saṅga-vivarjitaḥ — who is free from attachment;  tulya — [who is] equal;  nindā — [in] reproach;  stutiḥ — [and] praise;  maunī — contemplative;  santuṣṭaḥ — content;  yena kenacit — by whatever means;  aniketaḥ — devoid of attachment to any dwelling place;  sthira matiḥ — [and] of steady mind;  naraḥ — such a person;  bhakti-mān — who is endowed with devotion;  priyaḥ — [is] dear;  me — to Me.

Translation

One who regards alike both an enemy and a friend, as well as honor and dishonor, who is equal in heat and cold, and in happiness and misery, who is free from attachment, equal toward praise and reproach, contemplative, content with whatever comes of its own accord, devoid of the sense of ownership over any dwelling place, and of steady mind, such a person, who is endowed with devotion, is dear to Me.

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