दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥
duḥkheṣv anudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ |vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīr munir ucyate ||
- दुःखेषु · duḥkheṣu
- in sorrows
- अनुद्विग्नमनाः · anudvignamanāḥ
- whose mind is unagitated
- 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.
— Reader's notes (original)