The one who lets go of an actionbecause of difficulty,or fear of bodily pain,thus carries out letting goin a rajasic way,and will not attainthe fruit of that letting go.

When you have made pleasure and pain the same -also gain and loss,and victory and defeat,then join yourselfto battle;and in this way,you will not cause harm.

One who has no hatredfor any being,a compassionate friend,without the sense of 'mine',without making an 'I',one who is patient,for whom pain and pleasure are the same,

Son of Kunti,pleasuresborn of sensationsare like wombs filled with pain;they have a beginningand an end,so the wise one does not rejoice in them.