CC Madhya 23.110 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

Madhya-līlā 23.109 - Madhya-līlā 23.111-112

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 110

yo na hṛsyati na dveṣṭi

na śocati na kāṅkṣati

śubhāśubha-parityāgī

bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

SYNONYMS

yaḥ—he who; na hṛṣyati—is not jubilant (upon getting something favorable); na dveṣṭi—does not hate (being artificially influenced by something unfavorable); na—not; śocati—laments; na—not; kāṅkṣati—desires; śubha-aśubha—the materially auspicious and inauspicious; parityāgī—completely rejecting; bhakti-mān—possessing devotion; yaḥ—anyone who; saḥ—that person; me priyaḥ—very dear to Me.

TRANSLATION

"One who neither rejoices nor hates, who neither laments nor desires, who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things and who is devoted to Me is very dear to Me.

Madhya-līlā 23.109 - Madhya-līlā 23.111-112