BG 12.13-14

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥
adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī
santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

mat-bhaktaḥ — My devotee;  yaḥ — who [is];  adveṣṭā — devoid of enmity;  sarva-bhūtānām — toward all living beings;  maitraḥ — friendly;  ca — and;  eva — indeed;  karuṇaḥ — compassionate;  nirmamaḥ — devoid of the notion of “mine;  ” nirahaṅkāraḥ — devoid of the notion of the conditional “I;  ” sama — equipoised;  duḥkha — [in] sorrow;  sukhaḥ — [and] happiness;  kṣamī — forgiving;  santuṣṭaḥ — content;  satatam — always;  yogī — engaged in the yoga of devotion;  yata-ātmā — self-regulated;  dṛḍha-niścayaḥ — firmly resolved;  manaḥ — [and] whose mind;  buddhiḥ — [and] intellect;  arpita — are consecrated;  mayi — unto Me;  saḥ — he;  priyaḥ — [is] dear;  me — to Me.

Translation

My devotee, who is devoid of enmity toward all living beings, who is friendly, compassionate, devoid of the notions of “I” and “mine,” equipoised in sorrow and happiness; who is forgiving, content, ever engaged in the yoga of devotion, self-regulated, firmly resolved, and whose mind and intellect are consecrated unto Me, is dear to Me.

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