Chapter 14 · Verse 24 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 14.24
Sanskrit
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः।।14.24।।
Transliteration
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-sanstutiḥ
Word by Word
This verse describes the mark of one who has transcended the three gunas—the person who remains unmoved by pleasure and pain, who sees a clod of earth, a stone, and gold with equal indifference. This is not coldness or numbness, but the flowering of true wisdom: when the eye of the soul opens, all external valuations collapse.
For us today, this means practicing the art of non-reactivity—noticing when you cling to praise or shrivel under blame, and gently returning to the stillness within that witnesses all of it.
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Bhagavad Gita 14.24 — BG 14.24
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