230 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 12
the distress and happiness; mrtyu—of death; jivitayoh—or of living;
tathad—as well as.
TRANSLATION
Since everything is dependent on the supreme will of the Per-
sonality 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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sattvam rajas tama iti
prakrter naétmano gunah
tatra saksinam atmanam
yo veda sa na badhyate
sattvam—the mode of goodness; rajah—the mode of passion;
tamah—the mode of ignorance; iti—thus; prakrteh—of the material
nature; na—not; atmanah—of the spirit soul; gunah—the qualities;
tatra—in such a position; saksinam—an observer; dtmanam—the self;
yah—anyone who; veda—knows; sah—he; na—not; badhyate—is
bound.
TRANSLATION
One who knows that the three qualities— goodness, passion and
ignorance —are not qualities of the soul but qualities of material
nature, and who knows that the pure soul is simply an observer of
the actions and reactions of these qualities, should be understood
to be a liberated person. He is not bound by these qualities.
PURPORT
As the Lord explains in Bhagavad-gita (18.54):
