Verse 12.15

Sanskrit

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः | हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ||१५||

Transliteration (IAST)

yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ | harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ||15||

Word-by-Word Meanings

Translation

One by whom the world is not agitated and who is not agitated by the world, who is free from elation, anger, fear, and anxiety - such a one is dear to Me.

Commentary

This verse introduces a reciprocal criterion: the devotee neither disturbs others nor is disturbed by them. Shankaracharya explains this as the social dimension of equanimity - inner peace must manifest as harmlessness in relationships. The four disturbances listed (harṣa, amarṣa, bhaya, udvega) cover the full spectrum of emotional reactivity.

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