BG 12.17

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।
शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati
śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

yaḥ — one who;  na hṛṣyati — neither rejoices [in the pleasant];  na dveṣṭi — nor detests [the unpleasant];  na śocati — who neither grieves;  na kāṅkṣati — nor hankers;  parityāgī — who is a renouncer;  śubha — [of] meritorious;  aśubha — [and] unmeritorious actions [devoid of devotion];  yaḥ — [and] who;  bhakti-mān — [is] endowed with devotion;  saḥ — he;  priyaḥ — [is] dear;  me — to Me.

Translation

A person who neither rejoices in the pleasant nor detests the unpleasant, who neither grieves nor hankers, who abandons all meritorious and unmeritorious actions [devoid of devotion], and who is endowed with devotion, is dear to Me.

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