Bhagavad Gītā › Chapter 12 › Verse 15
Bhagavad Gītā 12.15: Peaceful to everyone
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः ।
हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥
yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ
harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ
Meaning
One by whom the world is not agitated and who is not agitated by the world, who is free from elation, envy, fear and anxiety — that one is dear to me. Part of the portrait of the devotee in 12.13–20.
For children
Krishna says: “I love someone who never bothers others and doesn’t get bothered easily — who stays calm, not jealous, not scared.”
Part of chapter 12’s description of the devotee dear to Kṛṣṇa (12.13–20).
Word by word
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको — One who does not upset the world
- yasmāt: from whom
- udvijate: is disturbed, upset
- loka: the world, people
लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः — and is not upset by the world
- ca: and
हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर् — free from overexcitement, envy, fear and worry
- harṣa: overexcitement
- amarṣa: envy, impatience
- bhaya: fear
- udvega: anxiety
मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः — that person is dear to me
- mukta: free
- priya: dear
Kṛṣṇa speaks this verse. The Sanskrit is checked against four editions; meanings and word notes are simple learning aids written for MahaPrabha Gurukul, awaiting review by a Sanskrit teacher.