Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 12.17
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 12.17 · 12 · Verse 17
Sanskrit Original
।।12.17।।यो न हृष्यति यद् मनुष्याणां हर्षनिमित्तं प्रियजातं तत् प्राप्य यः कर्मयोगी न हृष्यति? यत च अप्रिय तत् प्राप्य यो न द्वेष्टि? यत् च मनुष्याणां शोकनिमित्तं भार्यापुत्रवित्तक्षयादिकं तत् प्राप्य न शोचति तथाविधम् अप्राप्तं च न काङ्क्षति? यत् च मनुष्याणां हर्षनिमित्तभार्यावित्तादि? तद् अप्राप्तं च न काङ्क्षति इत्यर्थः। शुभाशुभपरित्यागी पापवत् पुण्यस्य अपि बन्धहेतुत्वाविशेषाद् उभयपरित्यागी? यः एवंभूतो भक्तिमान् स मे प्रियः।
12.17 He who does not 'rejoice', i.e., that Karma Yogin, who, on obtaining things which cause joy to man, does not rejoice; who does not 'hate', does not hate on obtaining anything undesriable; who is not 'grieved' by common sorrows which cause grief among men, as the loss of wife, son, fortune etc.; who 'does not desire' anything like wife, son, fortune etc.; not already acired by him; who 'renounces good and evil,' i.e., who renounces both merit and demerit because, like demert, merit also causes bondage, there being no difference between them in this respect - he who is like this and devoted to Me is dear to Me.