Sanskrit
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः । युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥
jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ yukta ity ucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ
Translation
The Yogi who is satisfied with wisdom and knowledge, unwavering, whose senses are subdued, to whom a lump of earth, a stone and gold are the same, is said to be harmonised.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The famous “equal to a clod, a stone, and gold” image is the sharpest test case for the equanimity described in verse 7 — not just pain and pleasure but valuation itself, the impulse to rank things as more or less desirable, is what’s being leveled. Wisdom (jnana) and its direct realization (vijnana) are named as what satisfies such a person, distinguishing intellectual knowledge from lived insight.
Concepts