\u0938\u092e: \u0936\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094c \u091a \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0947 \u091a \u0924\u0925\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e\u092a\u092e\u093e\u0928\u092f\u094b: \u0964
\n\u0936\u0940\u0924\u094b\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0938\u0941\u0916\u0926\u0941:\u0916\u0947\u0937\u0941 \u0938\u092e: \u0938\u0919\u094d\u0917\u0935\u093f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0924: \u0965 \u0967\u096e \u0965
\n\u0924\u0941\u0932\u094d\u092f\u0928\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0941\u0924\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u094c\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094b \u092f\u0947\u0928 \u0915\u0947\u0928\u091a\u093f\u0924\u094d \u0964
\n\u0905\u0928\u093f\u0915\u0947\u0924: \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0930\u092e\u0924\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0928\u0930: \u0965 \u0967\u096f \u0965
\nsama\u1e25 \u015batrau ca mitre ca
\ntath\u0101 m\u0101n\u0101pam\u0101nayo\u1e25
\n\u015b\u012bto\u1e63\u1e47a-sukha-du\u1e25khe\u1e63u
\nsama\u1e25 sa\u1e45ga-vivarjita\u1e25
\ntulya-nind\u0101-stutir maun\u012b
\nsantu\u1e63\u1e6do yena kenacit
\naniketa\u1e25 sthira-matir
\nbhaktim\u0101n me priyo nara\u1e25
\nSynonyms
\nsama\u1e25 \u2014 equal; \u015batrau \u2014 to an enemy; ca \u2014 also; mitre \u2014 to a friend; ca \u2014 also; tath\u0101 \u2014 so; m\u0101na \u2014 in honor; apam\u0101nayo\u1e25 \u2014 and dishonor; \u015b\u012bta \u2014 in cold; u\u1e63\u1e47a \u2014 heat; sukha \u2014 happiness; du\u1e25khe\u1e63u \u2014 and distress; sama\u1e25 \u2014 equipoised; sa\u1e45ga-vivarjita\u1e25 \u2014 free from all association; tulya \u2014 equal; nind\u0101 \u2014 in defamation; stuti\u1e25 \u2014 and repute; maun\u012b \u2014 silent; santu\u1e63\u1e6da\u1e25 \u2014 satisfied; yena kenacit \u2014 with anything; aniketa\u1e25 \u2014 having no residence; sthira \u2014 fixed; mati\u1e25 \u2014 determination; bhakti-m\u0101n \u2014 engaged in devotion; me \u2014 to Me; priya\u1e25 \u2014 dear; nara\u1e25 \u2014 a man.
\nTranslation
\nOne who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn\u2019t care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service \u2013 such a person is very dear to Me.
\nPurport
\nA devotee is always free from all bad association. Sometimes one is praised and sometimes one is defamed; that is the nature of human society. But a devotee is always transcendental to artificial fame and infamy, distress or happiness. He is very patient. He does not speak of anything but the topics about K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; therefore he is called silent. Silent does not mean that one should not speak; silent means that one should not speak nonsense. One should speak only of essentials, and the most essential speech for the devotee is to speak for the sake of the Supreme Lord. A devotee is happy in all conditions; sometimes he may get very palatable foodstuffs, sometimes not, but he is satisfied. Nor does he care for any residential facility. He may sometimes live underneath a tree, and he may sometimes live in a very palatial building; he is attracted to neither. He is called fixed because he is fixed in his determination and knowledge. We may find some repetition in the descriptions of the qualifications of a devotee, but this is just to emphasize the fact that a devotee must acquire all these qualifications. Without good qualifications, one cannot be a pure devotee. Har\u0101v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\u1e47\u0101\u1e25: one who is not a devotee has no good qualification. One who wants to be recognized as a devotee should develop the good qualifications. Of course he does not extraneously endeavor to acquire these qualifications, but engagement in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness and devotional service automatically helps him develop them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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