“Titikṣā means forbearance amid the pairs of opposites. Forbearance befits only the strong; it is their own possession, their own companion. The weak man, under the blows of the pairs of opposites, is not steady for a minute; he keeps quivering like a peacock's feather. He keeps swinging this way and that like the pendulum of a clock. That is, one moment he looks toward pleasure, the next toward pain.”