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यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।

yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate cha yaḥ harṣhāmarṣha-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa cha me priyaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 12, Verse 15
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He whom the world does not agitate, and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is freed from joy, anger, fear, and anxiety - he is dear to Me.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one by whom the world is not agitated, and who is not agitated by the world, free from joy, anger, fear, and anxiety, is dear to Krishna, naming a specific, mutual non-disturbance between the person and their surroundings.

In life: someone genuinely steady doesn't just avoid disturbing others, they also aren't easily disturbed by others, that's a two-way quality, not just a one-directional kindness.

Teaching: notice whether your own steadiness runs in both directions, not agitating others, and not being easily agitated by them, and work on whichever direction is currently weaker for you.

yasmātby whom
nanot
udvijateare agitated
lokaḥpeople
lokātfrom people
nanot
udvijateare disturbed
chaand
yaḥwho
harṣhapleasure
amarṣhapain
bhayafear
udvegaiḥanxiety
muktaḥfreed
yaḥwho
saḥthey
chaand
meto me
priyaḥvery dear

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
12.15 यस्मात् for whom? न not? उद्विजते is agitated? लोकः the world? लोकात् from the world? न not? उद्विजते is agitated? च and? यः who? हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैः by (from) joy? wrath? fear and anxiety? मुक्तः freed? यः who? सः he? च and? मे to Me? प्रियः dear.Commentary Harsha Joy? exhilaration of the mind when one obtains an object of desire. This is indicated by hair standing on end? tears flowing down the face? etc.Amarsha Anger. Some say that it is a mixture of jealousy and anger.Udvega Anxiety? worry? sorrow? discomfiture.The knower of Brahman or the devotee of the Lord never injures any creature in thought? word and deed. He gives security of life to all creatures. Therefore? no creature is afraid of him. The sage feels that the world is his body? his own Self. How can he be afraid of the world then He never hurts others and is not hurt by the words or deeds of others.The mental modifications of joy? envy? fear and anxiety leave the sage or devotee of their own accord? just as the beasts and birds leave the forest when it is on fire.Such a sage or devotee is dear to Me. How can I describe him