Bhagavad Gita · 12.16
॥
Devanāgarī
अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ |
sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अनपेक्षःanapekṣaḥindependent, depending on nothing.
शुचिःśuciḥpure.
दक्षःdakṣaḥskilled, expert.
उदासीनःudāsīnaḥimpartial, indifferent [to worldly gain].
गतव्यथःgata-vyathaḥfree from anxieties and distress.
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागीsarva-ārambha-parityāgīone who has renounced (parityāgī) all (sarva) [selfish] undertakings (ārambha).
यः मद्भक्तःyaḥ mad-bhaktaḥthat devotee of Mine who.
सः मे प्रियःsaḥ me priyaḥhe is dear to Me.
Translation
“My devotee who depends on nothing, who is pure, skilled in his work, impartial, free from anxieties and who has renounced all selfish undertakings — such a person is very dear to Me.”
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