यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥
yaṃ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha |samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||
- यम् · yam
- whom
- हि · hi
- indeed
- न · na
- not
- व्यथयन्ति · vyathayanti
- agitate, disturb
- एते · ete
- these (sense-contacts)
- पुरुषम् · puruṣam
- the person
- पुरुषर्षभ · puruṣarṣabha
- O bull among men (Arjuna)
- समदुःखसुखम् · samaduḥkhasukham
- the same in pain and pleasure
- धीरम् · dhīram
- the steadfast one
- सः · saḥ
- he
- अमृतत्वाय · amṛtatvāya
- for immortality
- कल्पते · kalpate
- is fit, worthy
“The steadfast one whom these do not agitate, O bull among men — the same in pleasure and pain — he is fit for immortality.”
— Original plain-language translation
Equanimity is introduced as a qualification for truth, not just a mood: only the unagitated mind can know what does not change. Immortality here is first of all a quality of attention — then, a fact about the self.
— Reader's notes (original)