Chapter 12 · The Yoga of Devotion

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 12.17

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ् क्षति शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्य: स मे प्रिय:

yo na hṛiṣhyati na dveṣhṭi na śhochati na kāṅkṣhati śhubhāśhubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

Recitation · Text 12.17
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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He who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor craves, giving up both the pleasant and the unpleasant, full of devotion. Renouncing the auspicious as well as the inauspicious — good fortune is let go of too.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The auspicious is renounced too — good fortune is also let go of.