Chapter 12 Verse 18 of 20

• samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca
• tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
• śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu
• samaḥ sańga-vivarjitaḥ
• tulya-nindā-stutir maunī
• santuṣṭo yena kenacit
• aniketaḥ sthira-matir
• bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ

Translation

One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service — such a person is very dear to Me.

Synonyms

• samaḥ

  equal

• śatrau

  to an enemy

• ca

  also

• mitre

  to a friend

• ca

  also

• tathā

  so

• māna

  in honor

• apamānayoḥ

  and dishonor

• śīta

  in cold

• uṣṇa

  heat

• sukha

  happiness

• duḥkheṣu

  and distress

• samaḥ

  equipoised

• sa

  sań

• vivarjitaḥ

  free from all association

• tulya

  equal

• nindā

  in defamation

• stutiḥ

  and repute

• maunī

  silent

• santuṣṭaḥ

  satisfied

• kenacit

  with anything

• aniketaḥ

  having no residence

• sthira

  fixed

• matiḥ

  determination

• mān

  engaged in devotion

• me

  to Me

• priyaḥ

  dear

• naraḥ

  a man.

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