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Chapter 12
Link:- In the fifth and last group, which consists of the next two verses, the Lord mentions ten marks, of a perfect devotee.
samah satrau ca mitre ca tatha manapamanayoh
sitosnasukhaduhkhesu samah sangavivarjitah
tulyanindastutirmauni santusto yena kenacit
aniketah sthiramatirbhaktimanme priyo narah
He who is, alike to foe and friend, in honour and dishonour, also who is alike, in cold and heat, (favourable and unfavourable circumstances, in pleasure and pain, who is free from attachment, who holds blame and praise equally, who is thoughtful, contented with any means of subsistence, who has no attachment to his body and his abode and is firm in mind, that man full of devotion, is dear to Me. 18-19
Comment:-
Samah 'satrau ca mitre ca:- Being free from attachment and aversion, a perfect devotee, is even-minded, towards foe and friend, equally. Not to talk of common men, even strivers, are swayed by feelings of enmity and friendship, towards an enlightened devotee. But, he ever remains even-minded, to foe and friend.
If there is a quarrel between two persons, over division of property, one of them has a feeling of enmity, towards a devotee, while the second person has a feeling of friendship, for him. In sitting over judgment, a devotee, will allow a little more, to the former and a bit less, to the latter. It seems, that the judgment of the devotee is not just, but the former will feel, that the judgment is right. Such a judgment, will create a feeling of equanimity, even in the person who regards the devotee, as his enemy.
An enlightened devotee, is alike to foe and friend. It means, that people regard him, as a foe or a friend. So he has in reality not been without foe and friend, but he has been called to be alike, to both of them.
Tatha manapamanayos:-A man, feels honoured or dishonoured, when he identifies the self with body. A devotee, has neither egoistic feelings, with his body nor a sense of mine. So, if his body is honoured or dishonoured, his mind, does not undergo any modification (happiness or sadness). He always remains established, in equanimity.
Sitosnasukhaduhkhesu samalt:- An enlightened devotee's equanimity, has been described here, in the two pairs of opposites
- He is equanimous in cold and heat i.e., there is no modification in his mind, even when there is contact of the senses, with sense-objects.
- He has equanimity, in pleasure and pain, i.e., his mind remains the same in gain and loss, of riches and materials etc.
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