BG 2.15

यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।
समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥
yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate

Word-for-word meanings

puruṣa-ṛṣabha — O best of men;  dhīram — for a wise;  puruṣam — person;  sama — who is equal;  duḥkha — in pain;  sukham — [and] in pleasure;  yam — for whom;  ete — these [sense contacts];  na — do not;  vyathayanti — cause disturbance;  saḥ — he;  hi — indeed;  kalpate — is eligible;  amṛtatvāya — for immortality.

Translation

O best of men, the wise person who is not disturbed by these sense contacts, who is equally disposed in pleasure and pain, is certainly eligible for immortality.

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