Chapter 12, Verse 19
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येनकेनचित्। अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्ितमान्मे प्रियो नरः।।12.19।।
tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yenakenacit। aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ৷৷12.19৷৷
Word by word
- तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिः
- one to whom censure and praise are equal
- मौनी
- silent (given to contemplation, of few words)
- सन्तुष्टः
- content, satisfied
- येनकेनचित्
- with whatever (comes by chance)
- अनिकेतः
- without a fixed abode (homeless)
- स्थिरमतिः
- of steady mind/intellect
- भक्तिमान्
- devoted, full of devotion
- मे
- to Me
- प्रियः
- dear
- नरः
- the man
Commentary
18-19. He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor ; who is the same in co)d and heat, in pleasure and pain ; who is free from attachment ; to whom censure and praise are 314 THE BHAGAVAD GITA. [DlS. XIL equal ; who is silent, content with anything, home- less, steady-minded, full of devotion ; that man is dear to me.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 18-19 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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