Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12, Verse 14
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः । मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ | mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ
Translation
He who hates no single being, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachment and egoism, to whom pain and pleasure are equal, who is enduring, ever content and balanced in mind, self-controlled, and possessed of firm conviction, whose thought and reason are directed to Me, he who is (thus) devoted to Me is dear to Me.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- saṃtuṣṭaḥ
- contented
- satatam
- always
- yogī
- yogi
- yatātmā
- self-controlled
- dṛḍhaniścayaḥ
- firm, resolve, whose, he
- mayyarpitamanobuddhiḥ
- in me, offered up, mind, and, reason, and, whose, he
- yaḥ
- who
- me
- (of) my
- bhaktaḥ
- devotee
- saḥ
- he
- me
- of (to) me
- priyaḥ
- dear
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Pain and pleasure do not cause in him hatred and attachment. He remains unaffected when abused or beaten. He is always content; he thinks he has enough whether he obtains or not the means of bodily sustenance. He is also satisfied whether he comes by a good thing or not. He is a yogin, always steadfast in thought. He has a firm conviction regarding the essential nature of the Self. This saṃnyāsin has directed to Me exclusively his manas — purposes and thoughts — as well as his buddhi — the faculty of determining. Such a devotee is dear to Me. The same truth which was indicated in vii.17 — "I am very dear to the wise man and he is dear to Me" — is here described at length.