Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.12.14

tasmād akīrti-yaśasor

jayāpajayayor api

samah syāt sukha-duhkhābhyām

mrityu-jīvitayos tathā

SYNONYMS

tasmāt — therefore (because of being fully dependent on the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead); akīrti — of defamation; yaśasoh — and fame; jaya — of victory; apajayayoh — and defeat; api — even; samah — equal; syāt — one should be; sukha-duhkhābhyām — with the distress and happiness; mrityu — of death; jīvitayoh — or of living; tathā — as well as.

TRANSLATION

Since everything is dependent on the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead, one should be equipoised in fame and defamation, victory and defeat, life and death. In their effects, represented as happiness and distress, one should maintain oneself in equilibrium, without anxiety.

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