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)