Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6: The Path of Meditation
Bhagavad Gita 6.7
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः ।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥
jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ | śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ ||
For one who has conquered the self and is at peace, the higher self stays steady in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, in honour and dishonour.
Modern context
Three pairs are named, moving from the body to the heart to the social self: cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour. The last is often the hardest. Many people can bear discomfort and even pain with patience, and are thrown completely by a slight or a word of praise. A person who has conquered themselves stays steady through all three, because their sense of who they are does not depend on the weather, on comfort, or on anyone's opinion.