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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-lilā, Ch. 4]
trolled;  indriyaḥ  —whose senses;  yuktaḥ  —in touch with the Supreme;  iti  —thus;  ucyate  —is said;  yogī  —a  yogī ;  sama  —equal;  loṣṭra  —pebbles;  aśma  —stone;  kāñcanaḥ  —gold.
TRANSLATION
“‘One who is fully satisfied in knowledge obtained and practically applied in life, who is always determined and fixed in his spiritual position, who completely controls his senses, and who sees pebbles, stone and gold on the same level, is understood to be a perfect  yogī .’
PURPORT
This is also a quotation from  Bhagavad-gītā  (6.8).
TEXT 179
আমি ত’—সন্ন্যাসী, আমার ‘সম-দৃষ্টি’ ধর্ম। চন্দন-পঙ্কেতে আমার জ্ঞান হয় ‘সম’ ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
āmi ta’ — sannyāsī , āmāra ‘ sama-dṛṣṭi ’  dharma candana-paṅkete  āmāra  jñāna haya  ‘ sama ’
SYNONYMS
āmi—l;  ta’  —certainly;  sannyāsī  —in the renounced order of life; āmāra—My;  sama-dṛṣṭi  —seeing everything on the same platform;  dharma  —duty;  candana-paṅkete  —between sandalwood pulp and mud; āmāra—My;  jñāna  —knowledge;  haya  —is;  sama  —same.
TRANSLATION
“Since I am in the renounced order, My duty is to make no distinctions but instead be equipoised. My knowledge must be equally disposed toward sandalwood pulp and dirty mud.
PURPORT
It is the duty of a  sannyāsī , a person in the renounced order, to be always equipoised, and that is also the duty of a learned man and a  Vaiṣṇava . A  Vaiṣṇava , a  sannyāsī  or a learned person has no conception of the material world; in other words, he has no conception of anything materially important. He has no desire to use sandalwood pulp for sense gratification, nor does sense gratification make him hate mud. Acceptance or rejection of material things is not the concern of a  sannyāsī , a  Vaiṣṇava  or a learned person. An advanced devotee has no desire to enjoy or reject anything. His only duty is to accept whatever is favorable for the