advesta sarva-bhutanam

maitrah karuna eva ca

nirmamo nirahankarah
sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami

santustah satatam yogi

yatatma drdha-niscayah
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

advesta--nonenvious; sarva-bhutanam--for all living entities; maitrah--friendly; karunah--kindly; eva--

certainly; ca--also; nirmamah--with no sense of proprietorship; nirahankarah--without false ego; sama-
equally; duhkha--distress; sukhah--happiness; ksami--forgiving;

santustah--satisfied; satatam--always; yogi--engaged in devotion; yataatma--self-controlled; drdha-

niscayah--with determination; mayi—upon Me; arpita--engaged; manah--mind; buddhih--intelligence;
yah--one who; mat-bhaktah--My devotee; sah me priyah--he is dear to Me.

One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think
himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who
is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and
intelligence are in agreement with Me--he is very dear to Me.

yasman nodvijate loko

lokan nodvijate ca yah
harsamarsa-bhayodvegair
mukto yah sa ca me priyah

yasmat--from whom; na--never; udvijate--agitates; lokah--persons; lokat--persons; na--never; udvijate-

-disturbed; ca--also; yah--anyone; harsa--happiness; amarsa--distress; bhaya--fear; udvegaih--with
anxiety; muktah--freed; yah--who; sah--anyone; ca--also; me--Mine; priyah--very dear. He for whom
no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and
distress, is very dear to Me.

anapeksah sucir daksa

udasino gata-vyathah
sarvarambha-parityagi
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah

anapeksah--neutral; sucih--pure; daksah--expert; udasinah--free from care; gata-vyathah--freed from

all distress; sarva-arambha—all endeavors; parityagi--renouncer; yah--anyone; mat-bhaktah--My
devotee; sah--he; me--Me; priyah--very dear.

A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert,
without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.
yo na hrsyati na dvesti
na socati na kanksati
subhasubha-parityagi
bhaktiman yah sa me priyah

yah--one who; na--never; hrsyati--takes pleasure; na--never; dvesti-- grieves; na--never; socati--
laments; na--never; kanksati--desires; subha--auspicious; asubha--inauspicious; parityagi--renouncer;
bhaktiman-- devotee; yah--one who; sah--he is; me--Mine; priyah--dear.

One who neither grasps pleasure or grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who
renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things, is very dear to Me.

samah satrau ca mitre ca

tatha manapamanayoh
sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu
samah sanga-vivarjitah

tulya-ninda-stutir mauni
santusto yena kenacit
aniketah sthira-matir
bhaktiman me priyo narah

samah--equal; satrau--to the enemy; ca--also; mitre--to friends; ca-- also; tatha--so; mana--honor;
apamanayoh--dishonor; sita--cold; usna-- heat; sukha--happiness; duhkhesu--distress; samah--
equipoised; sangavivarjitah--free from all association;

tulya--equal; ninda--defamation;stutih--repute; mauni--silent; santustah--satisfied; yena--

somehow;kena--or other; cit--if; aniketah--having no residence; sthira--fixed;matih--determination;
bhakti-man--engaged in devotion; me--My; priyah--dear; narah--a man.

One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and
cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminated
association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence,
who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me.

amanitvam adambhitvam
ahimsa ksantir arjavam
acaryopasanam saucam
sthairyam atma-vinigrahah

indriyarthesu vairagyam
anahankara eva ca
janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhiduhkha-
dosanudarsanam

asaktir anabhisvangah
putra-dara-grhadisu
nityam ca sama-cittatvam
istanistopapattisu
mayi cananya-yogena
bhaktir avyabhicarini
vivikta-desa-sevitvam
aratir jana-samsadi

adhyatma-jnana-nityatvam
tattva-jnanartha-darsanam
etaj jnanam iti proktam
ajnanam yad ato 'nyatha

amanitvam--humility; adambhitvam--pridelessness; ahimsa--nonviolence; ksantih--tolerance; arjavam-

-simplicity; acarya-upasanam--approaching a bona fide spiritual master; saucam--cleanliness;
sthairyam-- steadfastness; atma-vinigrahah--control;

indriya-arthesu--in the matter of the senses; vairagyam--renunciation; anahankarah--being without

false egoism; eva--certainly; ca--also; janma--birth; mrtyu--death; jara--old age; vyadhi--disease;
duhkha--distress; dosa--fault; anudarsanam--observing;

asaktih--without attachment; anabhisvangah--without association; putra--sons; dara--wife; grha-adisu-

-home, etc.;nityam--eternal; ca--also; sama-cittatvam--equilibrium; ista--desirable; anista--undesirable;
upapattisu--having obtained;

mayi—unto Me; ca--also; ananya-yogena--by devotional service; bhaktih--devotion;avyabhicarini--

constant, unalloyed; vivikta--solitary; desa--place;sevitvam--aspiring; aratih--without attachment; jana-
-to people in general; samsadi--mass;

adhyatma--pertaining to the self; jnana--knowledge; nityatvam--eternity; tattva-jnana--knowledge of

the truth;artha--the object; darsanam--philosophy; etat--all this; jnanam--knowledge; iti--thus; proktam-
-declared; ajnanam--ignorance; yat—that which; atah--from this; anyatha--others.

Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual

master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense
gratification;absence of false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and
disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest and even-mindedness amid
pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me, resorting to solitary
places, detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of
selfrealization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth--all these I thus declare to be
knowledge and what is contrary to these is ignorance.