aṣṭalokadharmāḥ[aṭṭhalokadhammā] eight worldly conditions. Every man has to face four desirable and four undesirable conditions during his lifetime. The eight worldly conditions are gain [lābha] and loss [alābha], fame [yasa] and infamy [ayasa], praise [pasaṃsā] and blame [nindā], happiness [sukha] and pain [dukkha]. Man has to treat them alike with a balanced frame of mind. He should understand that the conditions are inevitable in life and that he has to confront them with undisturbed mind. He should not rejoice when there is a gain nor should he grieve when he is in loss. Even when deprived of worldly possessions, he should be calm and quiet. He, to whom fame and infamy, praise and censure, pleasure and pain are equal, is free from attachment.
According to the Bhagavadgītā, he who is the same in honour and dishonour, cold and heat, pleasure and pain, censure and praise is an ideal devotee (XII.18-19). One should treat pain and pleasure, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike. (II.38)