Bhagavad Gita 12.18 meaningThe path of love
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Kind to friends and enemies alike, steady in hot and cold, good and bad…”
What it means
“Someone who is the same to friend and enemy, in honour and dishonour, in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, free from attachment —
The original Sanskrit
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ
Translations
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Keep reading · 12.19— who takes praise and blame alike, speaks little, is content with whatever comes, isn't attached to a home, and is steady and loving — that person is dear to me.”