Madhya-līlāChapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 23.110

yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi

na śocati na kāńkṣati

śubhāśubha-parityāgī

bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ

SYNONYMS

yaḥhe who; na hṛṣyati — is not jubilant (upon getting something favorable); na dveṣṭi — does not hate (being artificially influenced by something unfavorable); na — not; śocati — laments; na — not; kāńkṣati — desires; śubha-aśubha — the materially auspicious and inauspicious; parityāgī — completely rejecting; bhakti-mān — possessing devotion; yaḥ — anyone who; saḥ — that person; me priyaḥ — very dear to Me.

TRANSLATION

"One who is free of all material jubilation, hatred, lamentation and desire, who renounces both materially auspicious and materially inauspicious things, and who is devoted to Me is very dear to Me.

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