यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् ।नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham |nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- सर्वत्र · sarvatra
- everywhere, in all things
- अनभिस्नेहः · anabhisnehaḥ
- free from clinging fondness
- तत् · tat
- that
- तत् · tat
- that (whatever)
- प्राप्य · prāpya
- obtaining
- शुभाशुभम् · śubhāśubham
- good or evil fortune
- न · na
- neither
- अभिनन्दति · abhinandati
- rejoices over, hails
- न · na
- nor
- द्वेष्टि · dveṣṭi
- hates, resents
- तस्य · tasya
- his
- प्रज्ञा · prajñā
- wisdom
- प्रतिष्ठिता · pratiṣṭhitā
- is firmly established
“Who is everywhere unattached — neither rejoicing at good fortune nor resenting ill — such a one's wisdom stands firmly established.”
— Original plain-language translation
Not indifference but non-clinging: the sage still meets good and ill, only without the extra motion of grasping or pushing. 'Wisdom stands' (pratiṣṭhitā) — the refrain of this whole passage — pictures understanding as something that can finally stand upright.
— Reader's notes (original)