Ashtavakra Gita Verse 3.9
धीरस्तु भोज्यमानोऽपि पीड्यमानोऽपि सर्वदा। आत्मानं केवलं पश्यन् न तुष्यति न कुप्यति॥९॥
9. The wise person ever sees the absolute Self and is neither pleased nor angry, indeed, even when feted and feasted or tormented.
The Man of Wisdom is established in the Infinite Self and as such he is not agitated by the happenings around him, be he feted and feasted or be he hunted down and tormented by the world. He meets his experiences, moment-to-moment, in spontaneity of his quiet awareness. He is ever the Witness with no reactions - the Stithipragya.
A Man of Wisdom acts, he never reacts. This ability to maintain his inner equipoise is gained because of his continuous experience of the higher plane of Consciousness. This is considered as a sure test for a Man of Realisation. Life stories of all the saints and sages of the world bring out this common salient feature in all of them, their ability to keep an undisturbed mental tranquillity in them in spite of the most disturbing environments around them. Their identity is with the Self ‘alone’ (kevalam), in its absolute all-pervading nature, hence their steady inner peace, always, under all conditions, be they vociferously congratulated or viciously condemned.
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