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Qualities of a Devotee

 In Chapter 12 of Bhagawad Gita, Krishna says that His devotees are dear to Him. He then defines the qualities of His devotees: 

  1. sarva-bhūtānāṁ adveṣhṭā : unenvious or lack of hatred towards all beings 
  2.  sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitra: friendliness or favorable disposition towards all beings 
  3. sarva-bhūtānāṁ karuNa: compassion towards all beings
  4. nirmamaH: detached; refraining from claiming anything as his/her own
  5. nirahaMkAraH: free from pride; far from I, me and mine selfishness 
  6. sama-dukha-sukha: equipoised in distress and happiness 
  7. kshami: tolerant, forgiving; patient; enduring 
  8. sutuShTa satataM: always pleased 
  9. satatam yOgi: always in the meditative / satisfied state
  10. yatAtmA: self-controlled; self-restrained 
  11. dRDhanischayaH: firm resolved
  12. mayyarpita-manas: mind dedicated to me
  13. mayyarpita-buddhi: intellect dedicated to me
  14. yasmān nodvijate loko: one who is not disturbed by the world 
  15. lokān nodvijate cha yaḥ: one who does not disturb the world 
  16. harṣha muktaH - free from pleasures 
  17. amarṣha muktaH - free from pains 
  18. bhayaa muktaH - free from fear 
  19. udvegaiH muktaH - free from anxiety 
  20. anapEkshaH: one who is not desirous of worldly gains
  21. shuchiH: clean, pure in conduct and behavior 
  22.  dakShaH: skillful in his activities 
  23. udAsInaH: one who is situated in a higher plane; indifferent to his comforts 
  24. gata-vyataH: who has crossed the state of "vyatha" - lamentation or regrets
  25. sarvArambha-parityAgi: who has renounced all sense of doership (or who has renounced all acts of desire, prohibited by the ‘sastras’)
  26. na hṛiṣhyati: does not rejoice 
  27. na dveṣhṭi: does not despair 
  28. na śhochati: does not worry or regret 
  29. na kāṅkṣhati: does not hanker
  30. shubhA-ashubha-parityAgi: renouncer of good and evil deeds
  31. samaḥ śhatrau cha mitre cha: alike with enemies and friends
  32. samah mAna-apamAnayOH: alike in honor and dishonor 
  33. samaH shita-ushna-sukha-dukhEShu: alike in all physical conditions 
  34. sangavivarjitaH: free from associations
  35. tulya-ninda-stutiH: alike in praise and insults 
  36. mauni: one in silent contemplation 
  37. satushTaH ena-kena-chit: happy irrespective of anything 
  38. anikEtaH: one who is not attached to a residence 
  39. sthiramatiH: firmly fixed intellect 
  40. bhakti-mAn: one who is full of devotion towards me 

    The last 3 qualities are EXTREMELY dear to Krishna! 

  41. dharmam-yatOktam-paryupAsate: follows this dharma as declared by Me
  42. shraddhadAnaH: one who is full of faith in Krishna 
  43. mat-paramA: one who has set Krishna as the supreme goal 

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