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BG 12.15 — 12.15 He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is freed from joy, anger, fear and anxiety he is dear to Me. | Live Gita
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यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः |
हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ||१२-१५||

yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ . harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ||12-15||


।।12.15।। जिससे कोई लोक (अर्थात् जीव, व्यक्ति) उद्वेग को प्राप्त नहीं होता और जो स्वयं भी किसी व्यक्ति से उद्वेग अनुभव नहीं करता तथा जो हर्ष, अमर्ष (असहिष्णुता) भय और उद्वेगों से मुक्त है,वह भक्त मुझे प्रिय है।।

Word-by-word meanings

12.15 यस्मात् for whom? न not? उद्विजते is agitated? लोकः the world? लोकात् from the world? न not? उद्विजते is agitated? च and? यः who? हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैः by (from) joy? wrath? fear and anxiety? मुक्तः freed? यः who? सः he? च and? मे to Me? प्रियः dear.Commentary Harsha Joy? exhilaration of the mind when one obtains an object of desire. This is indicated by hair standing on end? tears flowing down the face? etc.Amarsha Anger. Some say that it is a mixture of jealousy and anger.Udvega Anxiety? w

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।12.15।।जिस संन्यासीसे संसार उद्वेगको प्राप्त नहीं होता अर्थात् संतप्त -- क्षुब्ध नहीं होता और जो स्वयं भी संसारसे उद्वेगयुक्त नहीं होता। जो हर्ष? अमर्ष? भय और उद्वेगसे रहित है -- प्रिय वस्तुके लाभसे अन्तःकरणमें जो उत्साह होता है? रोमाञ्च और अश्रुपात आदि जिसके चिह्न हैं उसका नाम हर्ष है? असहिष्णुताको अमर्ष कहते हैं? त्रासका नाम भय है और उद्विग्नता ही उद्वेग है इन सबसे जो मुक्त है वह मेरा प्यारा है।

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Swami Gambirananda

12.15 He, too, owing to whom the world is not disturbed, and who is not disturbed by the world, who is free from joy, impatience, fear and anxiety, is dear to Me.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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