12.16 अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः।सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः
anapekṣaḥ śucir
Word meanings
anapekṣhaḥ—indifferent to worldly gain;śhuchiḥ—pure;dakṣhaḥ—skillful;udāsīnaḥ—without cares;gata-vyathaḥ—untroubled;sarva-ārambha—of all undertakings;parityāgī—renouncer;saḥ—who;mat-bhaktaḥ—My devotee;saḥ—he;me—to Me;priyaḥ—very dear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who does not expect anything, who is pure, dexterous, unconcerned, and untroubled, and who has renounced all his undertakings all around—that devotee of Mine is dear to Me.
He who expects nothing, who is pure, watchful, indifferent, unruffled, and who renounces all initiative, such a one is My beloved.
He who is free from desires, who is pure, expert, indifferent and free from agony, who has renounced every undertaking - he is dear to Me.
He who has no desires, who is pure, who is dextrous, who is impartial, who is free from fear, who has renounced every undertaking-he who is (such) a devotee of Mine is dear to Me.
He who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and untroubled, renouncing all undertakings or commencements–he who is (thus) devoted to Me, is dear to Me.
12.18 समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mān
Word meanings
samaḥ—alike;śhatrau—to a foe;cha—and;mitre—to a friend;cha tathā—as well as;māna-apamānayoḥ—in honor and dishonor;śhīta-uṣhṇa—in cold and heat;sukha-duḥkheṣhu—in joy and sorrow;samaḥ—equipoised;saṅga-vivarjitaḥ—free from all unfavorable association
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who feels alike to the foe and the friend, to honor and dishonor, to cold and heat, to pleasure and pain; who is totally free from attachment;
He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing,
He who is same to foe and friend, honour and dishonour, who is alike to both cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and who is free from all attachments;
He who is the same towards friend and foe, and so also in honour and dishonour; who is the same under cold, heat, happiness and sorrow, who is free from attachment to everything.
He who is the same to foe and friend, and in honour and dishonour, who is the same in cold and heat and in pleasure and pain, who is free from attachment,
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भक्तियोग
Chapter 12: Bhakti Yoga
bhaktiyoga
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12.17 यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः
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Word meanings
yaḥ—who;na—neither;hṛiṣhyati—rejoice;na—nor;dveṣhṭi—despair;na—neither;śhochati—lament;na—nor;kāṅkṣhati—hanker for gain;śhubha-aśhubha-parityāgī—who renounce both good and evil deeds;bhakti-mān—full of devotion;yaḥ—who;saḥ—that person;me—to Me;priyaḥ—very dear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who neither delights nor hates, nor grieves nor craves; who has renounced both the good and the bad results [of actions] and is full of devotion [to Me]—he is dear to Me.
He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved.
He who rejoices not, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, who renounces good and evil, who is full of devotion to me - dear to me is such
He who does not rejoice, does not fret, does not lament, does not hanker; who gives up good and bad, who is filled with devotion-he is dear to Me.
He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil, and who is full of devotion, is dear to Me.
