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Bhagavad Gita · 12.16 · The Yoga of Devotion·16 of 20

अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथःसर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः

anapekṣhaḥ śhuchir dakṣha udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ

sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

Sanskrit recitation

The devotee’s everyday virtues · 12.13–12.20 · Teaching

Translation

He who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and free from pain, renouncing all undertakings and commencements, he who is devoted to Me is dear to Me.

Meaning

He is free from dependence. He is indifferent to the body, the senses, the objects of the senses and their mutual connections. He has external and internal purity. External purity is attained through earth and water (washing and bathing). Inner purity is attained by the eradication of likes and dislikes, lust, anger, jealousy, etc., and through the cultivation of the virtues -- friendship (towards eals), compassion (towards those who are inferior) and complacency (towards superiors).Daksha Prompt, swift and skilful in all actions expert. He is able to decide rightly and immediately in matters that demand prompt attention and action.Udasina He who does not take up the side of a friend and the like (in a controversy) he who is indifferent to whatever happens.Gatavyathah He who is free from pain. He is not troubled even if he is beaten by a wicked man. He is not pained or afflicted by any result of any action or any happening.Sarvarambhaparityagi He habitually renounces all actions calculated to secure the objects of enjoyment, whether of this world or of the next. He has abandoned all egoistic, personal and mental initiative in all actions, mental and physical. He has merged his will in the cosmic will. He allows the divine will to work through him. He has neither preference nor personal desire and so he is swift, prompt and skilful in all actions

After Swami Sivananda

The devotee’s everyday virtues· 12.13–12.20

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
me
to ne
saḥ
he
priyaḥ
very dear
śhuchiḥ
pure
dakṣhaḥ
skillful
parityāgī
renouncer
udāsīnaḥ
without cares
mat-bhaktaḥ
my devotee
anapekṣhaḥ
indifferent to worldly gain
gata-vyathaḥ
untroubled
sarva-ārambha
of all undertakings

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