BG 12.13
One who treats all beings with friendliness and compassion, is free from selfishness and pride, can look upon pleasure and pain with equanimity, is forgiving, ...
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी
Krishna's monologue in the following eight verses is similar to the Beatitudes, a sequence of proverbial proclamations made by Jesus to his followers (Matthew 5:3-10). It is a simple set of behavior patterns that establish one's distance to divinity.
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adveṣhṭā — free from malice
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sarva-bhūtānāṁ — toward all living beings
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sarva
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bhūtānāṁ
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maitraḥ — friendly
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karuṇa — compassionate
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eva — indeed
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cha — and
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nirmamo — free from possession
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nirahankāraḥ — free from egoism
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sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ — equanimous to pain and pleasure
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sama — equal, equanimous
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duḥkha — sorrow, pain
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sukhaḥ — pleasure, happiness
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kṣhamī — forgiving
One who treats all beings with friendliness and compassion, is free from selfishness and pride, can look upon pleasure and pain with equanimity, is forgiving, ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, with firm convictions, whose mind and intellect are dedicated to me - such a devotee is most dear to me.
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One who gives equal treatment to friend and foe, honor and dishonor, cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and is free from all attachments - ...
- Verse 12.18
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One who is free from desires, who is pure, skillful, impartial, courageous, and has renounced every undertaking - they are dear to me.
- Verse 12.16
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One who performs actions without attachment and ego, full of contentment and enthusiasm, equanimous in both success and failure, is said to be of a pure nature.
- Verse 18.26
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...nonviolence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, self-control, abstinence from slandering of others, compassion for all beings, freedom from jealousy, gentleness, modesty, and freedom from restlessness, ...
- Verse 16.2
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...having subdued all the senses, remaining equanimous at all times, and engaged in the welfare of all beings - they also attain me.
- Verse 12.4