यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati |śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||
- न हृष्यति · na hṛṣyati
- does not exult
- न द्वेष्टि · na dveṣṭi
- does not hate
- न शोचति · na śocati
- does not grieve
- न काङ्क्षति · na kāṅkṣati
- does not crave
- शुभाशुभपरित्यागी · śubhāśubha-parityāgī
- renouncing the pleasant and unpleasant
- भक्तिमान् · bhaktimān
- possessed of devotion
“Who neither exults nor hates, neither grieves nor craves, who has let go of both the pleasant and the unpleasant — whoever is full of devotion is dear to me.”
— Original plain-language translation
Four stillnesses — no manic joy, no hatred, no grief, no craving — describe the devotee's even heart. This echoes the steady-wisdom portrait of 2.56–57, now crowned with devotion rather than reached by analysis alone.
— Reader's notes (original)