Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12, Verse 19
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् । अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः
tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit | aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ
Translation
He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor: who is the same in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain: who is free from attachment: to whom censure and praise are equal: who is silent, content with anything, homeless, steady-minded, full of devotion: that man is dear to Me.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- tulyanindāstutiḥ
- equal, blame, and, praise, and, whose, he
- maunī
- silent
- saṃtuṣṭaḥ
- contented
- yenakenacit
- with anything
- aniketaḥ
- homeless
- sthiramatiḥ
- firm, mind, whose, he
- bhaktimān
- devout
- me
- of (to) me
- priyaḥ
- dear
- naraḥ
- the man
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
He has no fixed abode, he is "houseless" as has been said in another smṛti. His thought is fixed steadily on the Supreme Reality.