Sanskrit
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥
samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ tulyapriyāpriyo dhīras tulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ
Translation
Balanced in pleasure and pain, self-reliant, to whom a lump of earth, a rock and gold are alike, the same to loved and unloved, firm, the same in censure and in praise,
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The equanimity of verses 22-23 is now cashed out in concrete pairs of opposites: pain and pleasure, dirt and gold, the loved and the unloved, censure and praise, all treated alike. The list format and the specific pairs (pleasure/pain, praise/blame) are nearly identical to the sthitaprajna’s marks at 2.56-57, confirming this is the same equanimity chapter 2 described, restated here in the vocabulary of standing beyond the gunas rather than steady wisdom.
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