Verse 77

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। ॥ ७९ ॥

In plain words

Whatever destiny leaves in your hands or carries off — something people prize, or something of no account — look at it plainly: no elation, no collapse. Live in houses the way a guest lives in them.

Close to the Sanskrit

Whatever object at all — remaining or gone by destiny, prized or trifling — having seen it, neither rejoicing nor sinking, one should dwell in houses like a guest.