Shloka 15
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुष पुरुषर्षभ । समदुःखसुखं धीरं सो$मृतत्वाय कल्पते
yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣa puruṣarṣabha | samaduḥkhasukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O pinakamainam sa mga tao, yaong matatag na hindi nayayanig ng mga pagdikit na ito—ng mga pandama at ng kanilang mga bagay—na pantay ang loob sa lungkot at ligaya, siya’y nagiging karapat-dapat sa kawalang-kamatayan, ibig sabihi’y paglaya.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who is not shaken by sense-experiences and who maintains equanimity in pleasure and pain is spiritually mature and becomes qualified for liberation (amṛtatva/mokṣa).
In the discourse narrated by Sanjaya, a teaching is being stated about inner steadiness: amid the pressures of experience (especially relevant in the war setting), the ideal person remains undisturbed and thus becomes fit for the highest goal.