नाऽभिमानमुपादत्ते न च वाञ्छति राजताम् । नोदेति नाऽस्तमायाति सुखदुःखानुवृत्तिषु ॥ २५ ॥
nā’bhimānamupādattē na ca vāñchati rājatām | nōdēti nā’stamāyāti sukhaduḥkhānuvṛttiṣu || 25 ||
Translation
"He takes no pride, he does not want the kingship; in the round of pleasure and pain he neither rises nor sets.
Word by word
- na
- not
- abhimānam
- pride
- upādattē
- takes
- ca
- and
- vāñchati
- want
- rājatām
- the kingship
- udēti
- rises
- astam
- sets
- āyāti
- goes to
- sukha
- pleasure
- duḥkha
- and pain
- anuvṛttiṣu
- in the round of
Meaning
Like the sun, which neither rises nor sets for one who sees it truly. Pleasure does not lift him, pain does not bring him down.