My Personal Gita

Krishna

12.17 यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः

yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati | śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa me priyaḥ

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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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.

Shri Purohit Swami

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.

Swami Adidevananda

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

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil, and who is full of devotion, is dear to Me.

Krishna

12.19 तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येनकेनचित्।अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः

tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yenakenacit | aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ

Word meanings

tulya—alike;nindā-stutiḥ—reproach and praise;maunī—silent contemplation;santuṣhṭaḥ—contented;yena kenachit—with anything;aniketaḥ—without attachment to the place of residence;sthira—firmly fixed;matiḥ—intellect;bhakti-mān—full of devotion;me—to Me;priyaḥ—very dear;naraḥ—a person

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

To whom blame and praise are equal; who is silent (does not over-speak) and is content with whatever comes to him; who has no fixed thoughts in the mundane life; who is yet steady-minded in spiritual practice and is full of devotion—that man is dear to Me.

Shri Purohit Swami

Who is indifferent to praise and censure, who enjoys silence, who is contented with every fate, who has no fixed abode, who is steadfast in mind, and filled with devotion, such a one is My beloved.

Swami Adidevananda

He who regards alike both blame and praise, who is silent and content with any lot, who has no home, who is firm of mind, and who is devoted to Me - dear to Me is such a man.

Swami Gambirananda

The person to whom denunciation and praise are the same, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, steady-minded, and full of devotion is dear to Me.

Swami Sivananda

He to whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of a steady mind, and full of devotion–that man is dear to Me.

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Krishna

12.18 समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः

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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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;

Shri Purohit Swami

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,

Swami Adidevananda

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;

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

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,