CC Madhya 23.110 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.