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One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think
himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who
is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and
intelligence are in agreement with Me--he is very dear to Me.
A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert,
without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.
yo na hrsyati na dvesti
na socati na kanksati
subhasubha-parityagi
bhaktiman yah sa me priyah
yah--one who; na--never; hrsyati--takes pleasure; na--never; dvesti-- grieves; na--never; socati--
laments; na--never; kanksati--desires; subha--auspicious; asubha--inauspicious; parityagi--renouncer;
bhaktiman-- devotee; yah--one who; sah--he is; me--Mine; priyah--dear.
One who neither grasps pleasure or grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who
renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things, is very dear to Me.
tulya-ninda-stutir mauni
santusto yena kenacit
aniketah sthira-matir
bhaktiman me priyo narah
samah--equal; satrau--to the enemy; ca--also; mitre--to friends; ca-- also; tatha--so; mana--honor;
apamanayoh--dishonor; sita--cold; usna-- heat; sukha--happiness; duhkhesu--distress; samah--
equipoised; sangavivarjitah--free from all association;
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 contaminated
association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence,
who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me.
amanitvam adambhitvam
ahimsa ksantir arjavam
acaryopasanam saucam
sthairyam atma-vinigrahah
indriyarthesu vairagyam
anahankara eva ca
janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhiduhkha-
dosanudarsanam
asaktir anabhisvangah
putra-dara-grhadisu
nityam ca sama-cittatvam
istanistopapattisu
mayi cananya-yogena
bhaktir avyabhicarini
vivikta-desa-sevitvam
aratir jana-samsadi
adhyatma-jnana-nityatvam
tattva-jnanartha-darsanam
etaj jnanam iti proktam
ajnanam yad ato 'nyatha