i3-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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• content, satisfied
• always, constantly
• the yogi, one united with the Divine
• one whose mind/self is controlled
• of firm resolve/determination
• in Me
• one whose mind and intellect are surrendered/fixed
• who
• My devotee
• he
• to Me
• is dear