Chapter 12 · Bhakti Yoga

Shloka 12.13

Lesson 482 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Qualities and practices of devotion. Which qualities make devotion steady, practical and transformative?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

adveṣhṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva chanirmamo nirahankāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣhamī

Sandhi-vicheda

adveṣhṭā+sarva-bhūtānām+maitraḥ+karuṇaḥ+eva+cha+nirmamaḥ+nirahankāraḥ+sama+duḥkha+sukhaḥ+kṣhamī

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Meaning of each word

adveṣhṭāsource form

free from malice

sarva-bhūtānāmsource form

toward all living beings

maitraḥsource form

friendly

karuṇaḥsource form

compassionate

evasource form

indeed

chasource form

and

nirmamaḥsource form

free from attachment to possession

nirahankāraḥsource form

free from egoism

samasource form

equipoised

duḥkhasource form

distress

sukhaḥsource form

happiness

kṣhamīsource form

forgiving

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।12.13।। --,अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां न द्वेष्टा? आत्मनः दुःखहेतुमपि न किञ्चित् द्वेष्टि? सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मत्वेन हि पश्यति। मैत्रः मित्रभावः मैत्री मित्रतया वर्तते इति मैत्रः। करुणः एव च? करुणा कृपा दुःखितेषु दया? तद्वान् करुणः? सर्वभूताभयप्रदः? संन्यासी इत्यर्थः। निर्ममः ममप्रत्ययवर्जितः। निरहंकारः निर्गताहंप्रत्ययः। समदुःखसुखः समे दुःखसुखे द्वेषरागयोः अप्रवर्तके यस्य सः समदुःखसुखः। क्षमी क्षमावान्? आक्रुष्टः अभिहतो वा अविक्रियः एव आस्ते।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 12.13

Course position482 / 701

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