Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 16-19 from the Twelfth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12 Verses 18 -19:

सम: शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयो: |

शीतोष्णसुखदु:खेषु सम: सङ्गविवर्जित: ||18||

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् |

अनिकेत: स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नर: ||19||

samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣhu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ ||18||

tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣhṭo yena kenachit

aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ ||19||

🔴 Alike to friend and foe, alike in honor and insult, alike in heat and cold, alike in praise and blame -- unattached, contented, homeless, and steady in mind -- dear to Me is a man who is thus devoted.

🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12 Verse 20:

ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते |

श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रिया: ||20||

ye tu dharmyāmṛitam idaṁ yathoktaṁ paryupāsate

śhraddadhānā mat-paramā bhaktās te ’tīva me priyāḥ ||20||

🔴 Whosoever even seek to follow the virtuous path to immortality thus set forth, with a mind full of faith and acceptance of Me as their supreme goal --- exceedingly dear to Me are men who are thus devoted.