Meaning
Supreme God Krishna spoke
The one who remains equanimous in the face of honor and insult, treats friends and foes alike, initiates actions without attachment to outcomes and a sense of agency or doership, is said to have risen above the three Modes of Nature. (14:25)
Sanskrit
श्रीभगवान् उवाच
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते॥
Word-by-word
मान-अप-मानयोः तुल्यः, तुल्यः मित्र-अरि-पक्षयोः,
सर्व-आरम्भ-परि-त्यागी, गुण-अतीतः सः उच्यते।