यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः ।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥
yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ |harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ||
- यस्मात् · yasmāt
- from whom
- न उद्विजते · na udvijate
- is not agitated, disturbed
- लोकः · lokaḥ
- the world, people
- हर्ष · harṣa
- excitement, elation
- अमर्ष · amarṣa
- impatience, envy
- भय · bhaya
- fear
- उद्वेग · udvega
- anxiety, agitation
- मुक्तः · muktaḥ
- freed
“One from whom the world does not shrink in agitation, and who does not shrink from the world — who is free from elation, envy, fear, and anxiety — that one too is dear to me.”
— Original plain-language translation
Holiness is mutual non-disturbance: the devotee neither agitates nor is agitated. The four storms named — elation, envy, fear, anxiety — cover the emotional life; freedom from them is love's composure.
— Reader's notes (original)