Chapter 12 · Verse 15 · Bhakti Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 12.15
Sanskrit
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।
Transliteration
yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate cha yaḥ harṣhāmarṣha-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa cha me priyaḥ
Word by Word
Krishna reveals here the supreme measure of a devotee: one who has transcended the tyranny of others' opinions and his own reactive emotions. When you no longer need the world to validate you, nor do you disturb the world with your neediness, you have discovered the freedom that bhakti alone can grant.
This is not cold detachment but the warmth of a heart so anchored in divine love that pleasure and pain, praise and blame, no longer shake its foundation. In modern life, this means building your worth from within—from your connection to something greater—so that you can serve without anxiety, speak truth without approval-seeking, and remain unshaken whether celebrated or criticized.
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Bhagavad Gita 12.15 — BG 12.15
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