Chapter 12 · Verse 15
The Yoga of Devotion
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः
yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate cha yaḥ harṣhāmarṣha-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa cha me priyaḥ
Word Meanings
yasmāt — by whom; na — not; udvijate — are agitated; lokaḥ — people; lokāt — from people; na — not; udvijate — are disturbed; cha — and; yaḥ — who; harṣha — pleasure; amarṣha — pain; bhaya — fear; udvegaiḥ — anxiety; muktaḥ — freed; yaḥ — who; saḥ — they; cha — and; me — to me; priyaḥ — very dear
Translation
One who does not disturb the world and whom the world cannot disturb, who is free from joy, envy, fear, and anxiety—that one is dear to Me.
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