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Bhagavad Gita 12.18
Inner balance means not letting people's treatment of you decide your peace.
Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 12, Verse 18
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः॥
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
Translation
One who is the same toward friend and foe, in honour and dishonour, in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and who is free from attachment —
हिन्दी भावार्थ
जो शत्रु और मित्र में, मान और अपमान में, सर्दी-गर्मी और सुख-दुख में समान रहता है और आसक्ति से रहित है —
In simple words Interpretation
Inner balance means not letting people's treatment of you decide your peace.
Context
Krishna continues describing the steady, loving person dear to him.
When this may help
When someone's behaviour toward you has shaken your sense of balance.
Reflection question
How much of your peace today has depended on how others treated you?
A small practice
Return one unkind moment today with a neutral, calm response — or simply silence.
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