Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 12, verse 13
This verse opens the Gita's best-known portrait of the ideal devotee, beginning with kindness: no hatred, friendship and compassion toward all.
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अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च ।निर्ममो निरहंकारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥
adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca |nirmamo nirahaṃkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī ||
One who hates no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from the sense of "mine" and from ego, the same in pain and pleasure, and forgiving,
जो किसी प्राणी से द्वेष नहीं करता, जो सबका मित्र और दयालु है, "मेरा" और अहंकार से मुक्त है, सुख दुख में समान है, और क्षमाशील है,
जो कोणत्याही प्राण्याचा द्वेष करत नाही, जो सर्वांचा मित्र आणि करुणामय आहे, ममता आणि अहंकार यांपासून मुक्त आहे, सुखदुःखात सम आहे आणि क्षमाशील आहे,
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अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च ।निर्ममो निरहंकारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते ।
Knowledge is better than mere practice; meditation is better than knowledge; giving up the fruits of action is better than meditation, for peace immediately follows such giving up.
12.14संतुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
always content, a yogi, self-controlled and firm in resolve, with mind and understanding given to me: that devotee of mine is dear to me.
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