[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.15 · spoken by Krishna ]
Unbroken by pain, unbought by pleasure: immortal.
O Purusharshabha, that person whom these pleasure and pain do not disturb, who remains steady in both — that wise one is fit for immortality.
SANSKRIT
यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ । समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥२-१५॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Immortality isn't earned by escaping pain. It's earned by not being moved by it.”
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