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GĪTĀ 12.19Bhakti-yoga · The Yoga of Devotion

12.19Krishna
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तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥

tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit |aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ ||

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिः · tulya-nindā-stutiḥ
alike in blame and praise
मौनी · maunī
silent, restrained in speech
सन्तुष्टः · santuṣṭaḥ
content
येन केनचित् · yena kenacit
with whatever comes
अनिकेतः · aniketaḥ
without fixed abode
स्थिरमतिः · sthira-matiḥ
steady-minded
प्रियः नरः · priyaḥ naraḥ
a person dear (to me)

“— alike in blame and praise, restrained in speech, content with whatever comes, without fixed abode, steady-minded and full of devotion: such a person is dear to me.”

— Original plain-language translation

Homelessness here is inward freedom more than literal wandering — unhoused in craving. Silence guards the tongue, the hardest sense; with it the devotee's portrait nears completion.

— Reader's notes (original)

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