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2.56Krishna
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दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥

duḥkheṣv anudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ |vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīr munir ucyate ||

दुःखेषु · duḥkheṣu
in sorrows
सुखेषु · sukheṣu
in pleasures
विगतस्पृहः · vigataspṛhaḥ
free from craving
वीतरागभयक्रोधः · vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ
freed from attachment, fear, and anger
स्थितधीः · sthitadhīḥ
steady in understanding
मुनिः · muniḥ
the sage
उच्यते · ucyate
is called

Unagitated in sorrow, uncraving in pleasure, freed from attachment, fear, and anger — such a sage is called steady-minded.

Original plain-language translation

The portrait's second stroke: stability tested at both poles, sorrow and joy. Rāga, bhaya, krodha — attachment, fear, anger — are named as one family: the three distortions of a mind that has mistaken impermanent things for self.

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