BG 2.56

दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥
duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate

Word-for-word meanings

anudvigna-manāḥ — one whose mind is undisturbed;  duḥkheṣu — in the midst of sorrows;  vigata-spṛhaḥ — who does not hanker;  sukheṣu — after happiness;  vīta — [and who] is free;  rāga — [from] material attachment;  bhaya — fear;  krodhaḥ — [and] anger;  ucyate — is called;  muniḥ — a sage;  sthita-dhīḥ — whose wisdom is stable.

Translation

One whose mind remains undisturbed in the midst of sorrows, who does not hanker after happiness, and who is free of material attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of stable wisdom.

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