advesta sarva-bhutanam maitrah karuna eva ca nirmamo nirahankarah sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami santustah satatam yogi yatatma drdha-niscayah mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah advesta--nonenvious; sarva-bhutanam--for all living entities; maitrah--friendly; karunah--kindly; eva--certainly; ca--also; nirmamah--with no sense of proprietorship; nirahankarah--without false ego; sama-equally; duhkha--distress; sukhah--happiness; ksami--forgiving; santustah--satisfied; satatam--always; yogi--engaged in devotion; yataatma--self-controlled; drdha-niscayah--with determination; mayi—upon Me; arpita--engaged; manah--mind; buddhih--intelligence; yah--one who; mat-bhaktah--My devotee; sah me priyah--he is dear to Me. One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me--he is very dear to Me. yasman nodvijate loko lokan nodvijate ca yah harsamarsa-bhayodvegair mukto yah sa ca me priyah yasmat--from whom; na--never; udvijate--agitates; lokah--persons; lokat--persons; na--never; udvijate--disturbed; ca--also; yah--anyone; harsa--happiness; amarsa--distress; bhaya--fear; udvegaih--with anxiety; muktah--freed; yah--who; sah--anyone; ca--also; me--Mine; priyah--very dear. He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress, is very dear to Me. anapeksah sucir daksa udasino gata-vyathah sarvarambha-parityagi yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah anapeksah--neutral; sucih--pure; daksah--expert; udasinah--free from care; gata-vyathah--freed from all distress; sarva-arambha—all endeavors; parityagi--renouncer; yah--anyone; mat-bhaktah--My devotee; sah--he; me--Me; priyah--very dear. A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.

yo na hrsyati na dvesti na socati na kanksati subhasubha-parityagi bhaktiman yah sa me priyah

yah--one who; na--never; hrsyati--takes pleasure; na--never; dvesti-- grieves; na--never; socati--laments; na--never; kanksati--desires; subha--auspicious; asubha--inauspicious; parityagi--renouncer; bhaktiman-- devotee; yah--one who; sah--he is; me--Mine; priyah--dear. One who neither grasps pleasure or grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things, is very dear to Me. samah satrau ca mitre ca tatha manapamanayoh sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu samah sanga-vivarjitah tulya-ninda-stutir mauni santusto yena kenacit aniketah sthira-matir bhaktiman me priyo narah

samah--equal; satrau--to the enemy; ca--also; mitre--to friends; ca-- also; tatha--so; mana--honor; apamanayoh--dishonor; sita--cold; usna-- heat; sukha--happiness; duhkhesu--distress; samah--equipoised; sangavivarjitah--free from all association; tulya--equal; ninda--defamation;stutih--repute; mauni--silent; santustah--satisfied; yena--somehow;kena--or other; cit--if; aniketah--having no residence; sthira--fixed;matih--determination; bhakti-man--engaged in devotion; me--My; priyah--dear; narah--a man. One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminated association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me. amanitvam adambhitvam ahimsa ksantir arjavam acaryopasanam saucam sthairyam atma-vinigrahah indriyarthesu vairagyam anahankara eva ca janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhiduhkha- dosanudarsanam asaktir anabhisvangah putra-dara-grhadisu nityam ca sama-cittatvam istanistopapattisu

mayi cananya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicarini vivikta-desa-sevitvam aratir jana-samsadi adhyatma-jnana-nityatvam tattva-jnanartha-darsanam etaj jnanam iti proktam ajnanam yad ato 'nyatha

amanitvam--humility; adambhitvam--pridelessness; ahimsa--nonviolence; ksantih--tolerance; arjavam--simplicity; acarya-upasanam--approaching a bona fide spiritual master; saucam--cleanliness; sthairyam-- steadfastness; atma-vinigrahah--control; indriya-arthesu--in the matter of the senses; vairagyam--renunciation; anahankarah--being without false egoism; eva--certainly; ca--also; janma--birth; mrtyu--death; jara--old age; vyadhi--disease; duhkha--distress; dosa--fault; anudarsanam--observing; asaktih--without attachment; anabhisvangah--without association; putra--sons; dara--wife; grha-adisu--home, etc.;nityam--eternal; ca--also; sama-cittatvam--equilibrium; ista--desirable; anista--undesirable; upapattisu--having obtained; mayi—unto Me; ca--also; ananya-yogena--by devotional service; bhaktih--devotion;avyabhicarini--constant, unalloyed; vivikta--solitary; desa--place;sevitvam--aspiring; aratih--without attachment; jana--to people in general; samsadi--mass; adhyatma--pertaining to the self; jnana--knowledge; nityatvam--eternity; tattva-jnana--knowledge of the truth;artha--the object; darsanam--philosophy; etat--all this; jnanam--knowledge; iti--thus; proktam--declared; ajnanam--ignorance; yat—that which; atah--from this; anyatha--others. Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification;absence of false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest and even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me, resorting to solitary places, detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of selfrealization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth--all these I thus declare to be knowledge and what is contrary to these is ignorance.