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CC Madhya 23.111-112

Bengali

সমঃ শত্রৌ চ মিত্রে চ তথা মানপমানায়োঃ ।
শীতোষ্ণসুখদুঃখেষু সমঃ সঙ্গবিবর্জিতঃ ॥ ১১১ ॥
তুল্যনিন্দাস্তুতির্মৌনী সন্তুষ্টো যেন কেনচিৎ ।
অনিকেতঃ স্থিরমতির্ভক্তিমান্ মে প্রিয়ো নরঃ ॥ ১১২ ॥

Text

samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca
tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu
samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī
santuṣṭo yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthira-matir
bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ

Synonyms

samaḥ — equal; śatrau — to the enemy; ca — also; mitre — to the friend; ca — and; tathā — similarly; māna-apamānayoḥ — in honor and dishonor; śīta — in winter; uṣṇa — and in scorching heat; sukha — in happiness; duḥkheṣu — and in distress; samaḥ — equipoised; saṅga-vivarjitaḥ — without affection; tulya — equal; nindā — blasphemy; stutiḥ — and praise; maunī — grave; santuṣṭaḥ — always satisfied; yena kenacit — by whatever comes; aniketaḥ — without attachment for a residence; sthira — steady; matiḥ — minded; bhakti-mān — fixed in devotional service; me — to Me; priyaḥ — dear; naraḥ — a person.

Translation

“ ‘One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from attachment to material things and always grave and satisfied in all circumstances, who doesn’t care for any residence, and who is always fixed in devotional service — such a person is very dear to Me.