samah syat sukha-duhkhabhyam
tasmat-therefore (because of being fully dependent on the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead); akirti-of defamation; yasasoh-and fame; jaya-of victory; apajayayoh-and defeat; api-even; samah-equal; syat-one should be; sukha-duhkhabhyam-with the distress and happiness; mrtyu-of death; jivitayoh-or of living; tatha-as well as.