5.18 विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि। शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः
vidyā
Word meanings
vidyā—divine knowledge;vinaya—humbleness;sampanne—equipped with;brāhmaṇe—a Brahmin;gavi—a cow;hastini—an elephant;śhuni—a dog;cha—and;eva—certainly;śhva-pāke—a dog-eater;cha—and;paṇḍitāḥ—the learned;sama-darśhinaḥ—see with equal vision
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The wise, by nature, look equally upon a Brahmana, rich in learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, and even a dog and a dog-cooker (an outcaste).
Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog.
The sages look with an equal eye on one endowed with learning and humility, a Brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.
The learned ones look with equanimity on a Brahmana endowed with learning and humquality, a cow, an elephant and even a dog as well as an eater of dog's meat.
Sages look with an equal eye on a Brahmin endowed with learning and humility, on a cow, on an elephant, and even on a dog and an outcaste.
5.20 न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्। स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः
na prahṛṣyet
Word meanings
na—neither;prahṛiṣhyet—rejoice;priyam—the pleasant;prāpya—obtaining;na—nor;udvijet—become disturbed;prāpya—attaining;cha—also;apriyam—the unpleasant;sthira-buddhiḥ—steady intellect;asammūḍhaḥ—firmly situated;brahma-vit—having a firm understanding of divine knowledge;brahmaṇi—established in God;sthitaḥ—situated
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The one who knows Brahman, who is disillusioned, established in Brahman, and has a firm intellect, would neither rejoice upon meeting a friend nor get agitated upon meeting a foe.
He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain.
He who knows Brahman (individual self) and abides in Brahman, whose mind is steadfastly on the self and undeluded by the body consciousness - he neither rejoices at gaining what is pleasant, nor grieves on obtaining what is unpleasant.
A knower of Brahman, who is established in Brahman, should have his intellect steady and should not be deluded. He should not get delighted by getting what is desirable, nor become dejected by getting what is undesirable.
Resting in Brahman, with steady intellect, undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoiceth on obtaining what is pleasant nor grieveth on obtaining what is unpleasant.
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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 5: Renounce Through Works
karmasaṃnyāsayoga
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5.19 इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः। निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः
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Word meanings
iha eva—in this very life;taiḥ—by them;jitaḥ—conquer;sargaḥ—the creation;yeṣhām—whose;sāmye—in equanimity;sthitam—situated;manaḥ—mind;nirdoṣham—flawless;hi—certainly;samam—in equality;brahma—God;tasmāt—therefore;brahmaṇi—in the Absolute Truth;te—they;sthitāḥ—are seated
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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There is no such translation for this shloka.
Even in this world they conquer their earth-life whose minds, fixed on the Supreme, remain always balanced; for the Supreme has neither blemish nor bias.
Here itself Samsara is overcome by those whose minds rest in equalness. For the Brahman (individual self), when uncontaminated by Prakrti, is the same everywhere. Therefore they abide in Brahman.
Here [i.e. even while living in the body.] itself is rebirth conquered by them whose minds are established on sameness. Since Brahman is the same (in all) and free from defects, therefore they are established in Brahman.
Even here (in this world) birth (everything) is overcome by those whose minds rest in equality; Brahman is spotless indeed and equal; therefore, they are established in Brahman.
