मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥
mānāpamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ |sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate ||
- मानापमानयोः · mānāpamānayoḥ
- in honor and dishonor
- तुल्यः · tulyaḥ
- the same
- मित्रारिपक्षयोः · mitrāripakṣayoḥ
- toward the sides of friend and foe
- सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी · sarvārambhaparityāgī
- one who has renounced all self-serving enterprise
- गुणातीतः · guṇātītaḥ
- beyond the strands
- सः · saḥ
- he
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is said to be
“The same in honor and disgrace, the same toward friend and foe, having let go of all self-serving enterprise — such a one is called beyond the strands.”
— Original plain-language translation
The portrait closes with social tests: status and partisanship, where equanimity is hardest. Renouncing all arambha means dropping schemes for personal gain, not dropping action itself. Gunatita — beyond the strands — becomes a technical term from this verse onward.
— Reader's notes (original)