Chapter 12, Verse 13
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च। निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी।।12.13।।
adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca. nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī.।12.13.।
Word by word
- अद्वेष्टा
- one who hates none, free from hatred
- सर्वभूतानाम्
- toward all beings
- मैत्रः
- friendly, benevolent
- करुणः
- compassionate
- एव च
- indeed and
- निर्ममः
- free from possessiveness, without sense of 'mine'
- निरहङ्कारः
- free from egoism
- समदुःखसुखः
- even-minded in pain and pleasure
- क्षमी
- forgiving, patient
Commentary
13-I4. 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.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 13-14 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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