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Part XII: The Yoga of Devotion.1465
“He, also, is dear to Me, who neither fears the world of men, nor is feared
by it; and who is delivered from the turbulence of anger, joy, impatience, or
fear, regarding finite things or happenings.
“And he who desireth nothing; who is just and pure; impartial; free from
anxieties; and who hath abandoned all finite rewards or hopes of rewards,
is also dear to me. Likewise he who loveth not, nor hateth not; who neither
rejoiceth nor findeth fault with world happenings; who grieveth not nor
coveteth; who hath renounced both good and evil for sake of Me.
“And dear to Me, also, is he who regardeth equally both friend and foe;
who sees repute and disrepute as one to the wise mind; who knows cold
and heat, and pain and pleasure, to he not one more desirable than the
other. Such a one also regardeth not solicitously the passing of events; and
to him praise and condemnation are the same. He is silent and well satisfied
with whatsoever befall him or come to pass in the world; and he hath no
particular place of abode in the world, but feeleth at home everywhere in
Me. He, of whom I have just spoken, is of a steady and equable mind, and
devotion is ever manifested by him—he verily loveth Me, and I him. He is
very dear to Me.
“Yea, yea, they who imbibe this Water of Immortality—this Divine Nectar—
of the teaching, as given by me to thee, O Arjuna, and receive it with faith
and devotion, verily, are such dear and exceedingly beloved by Me.”
thus endeth part xii of the bhagavad gita, which part is called the
“yoga of devotion.”