Chapter 12 · Verse 13 · Bhakti Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 12.13
Sanskrit
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी।।12.13।।
Transliteration
adveṣhṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva cha nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣhamī
In plain words
You are carrying the weight of resentment—toward someone who hurt you, toward a marriage breaking, toward a person you cannot forgive. Krishna says: the enemy you see is a veil over your own hurt, and the moment you stop defending yourself against another person, you touch something unshakable in yourself. Release the grip on 'they wronged me' and 'I am separate from them,' and you may find that sorrow and joy become teachers of the same truth.
Word by Word
Sri Krishna paints the portrait of a devotee whose love is so pure that it dissolves the walls between self and other — there is no enemy, only beloved beings wearing different masks. This is not naive forgiveness; it is the radical clarity that comes when you see the Divine in all creatures, and therefore cannot truly hate what you see.
When you stop grasping for possessions and release the small ego that says 'I am separate,' you become unshakable — sorrow and joy become equal teachers on the same path. In our fractured modern world, this verse calls us to rebuild relationships not through strategy but through the alchemy of genuine compassion, where we first free ourselves from resentment and false pride so we can meet another soul as it truly is.
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Bhagavad Gita 12.13 — BG 12.13
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