Chapter 14 • Verse 24
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः। तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः॥
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣhṭāśhma-kāñchanaḥ tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-saṁstutiḥ
Meaning
Alike in pleasure and pain, self-reliant, regarding clod, stone, and gold equally, equal toward pleasant and unpleasant, firm, the same in blame and praise...
Characteristics continue: equal in pleasure and pain (inner balance), self-reliant (centered in self), seeing material things equally (a clod = stone = gold), unaffected by pleasant or unpleasant, firm, unmoved by criticism or praise.
Strength Reflection
"I am equally balanced in pleasure-pain, praise-blame, seeing all things equally."
Devotional Surrender
O Lord, establish me in this equanimity that sees all equally.