Chapter 12, Verse 16
अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः। सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः।।12.16।।
anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ. sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ.12.16.
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- अनपेक्षः
- indifferent/expecting nothing (not dependent on outcomes)
- शुचिः
- pure
- दक्षः
- skillful/efficient
- उदासीनः
- impartial/unattached (indifferent to dualities)
- गतव्यथः
- free from distress/anxiety
- सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी
- one who has given up all undertakings (motivated by desire)
- यः
- who
- मद्भक्तः
- my devotee
- सः
- he
- मे
- to me
- प्रियः
- is dear
Commentary
16. He who is free from wants, who is pure, clever, unconcerned, untroubled} renouncing all 14—19] BHAKTI-YOGA. 313 undertakings, 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
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अनपेक्षः
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दक्षः
उदासीनः
गतव्यथः
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सः
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