समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः ।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ ||
Even-minded toward enemy and friend, and likewise in honor and disgrace; even-minded in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and free from attachment…
Explanation
Krishna is continuing his list of the qualities of the devotee (bhakta) who is dear to him. Here he stresses evenness of mind (samatva) in opposite situations, such as friend and enemy, honor and insult, heat and cold, pleasure and pain. The root of this steadiness is freedom from attachment (saṅga), which means not clinging to what is pleasant or pushing away what is unpleasant. The description carries on into the next verse.