The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of Bhagavad Gita published by Ramakrishna Mission
The Devotees Divine Traits 13-20
1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 12 - Bhakti Yoga - Sloka 16
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Anapekshah shuchih dakshah udasinah gata vyatah I
Sarva arambham pari tyagi yah madbhaktah sah me priyah II sloka 16
अनपेक्षः शुचिः दक्षः उदासीनः गत व्यक्तः I
सर्व आरम्भं परि त्यागी यः मद्भक्तः सः मे प्रियः II श्लोक 16
He who has no wants, who is pure and prompt, unconcerned and untroubled, and who is also selfless in all his undertakings, he who is thus devoted to Me, is dear to Me.
That man is free from wants who does not seek after sensual pleasures. He becomes pure to the extent he rids himself of all sensual pleasures. When the thought, word and deed of a man are not contaminated by sensuality he is established in purity.To be prompt in the discharge of dutyis possible only for him who lives a disciplined life. Even a very grave crisis, suddenly sprung upon him, does not confuse his understanding; he handles it promptly as he ought to. Worldly people behave in one way towards friends and in quite another way towards foes. But the devotee of the Lord is unconcerned whether those he deals with are friends or foes. He behaves in the same simple and straigh-forward with one and all. His dealings being clean he remains untroubled by their consequences. Serving the Lord being his sole motive, he is selfless in all his undertakings. He has everything to dedicate to the maker and his beings; he has nothing to ask of them. Therefore he is dear to the Lord.
He who si not deceived by his own mind - a person such as he alone, gains access to the divine process of the Lord. The point comes to this : an attitude free from guile and deceit and a devotion true to the core - these are the means to take one godward
Sri Ramakrishnan Paramahamsa
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