Sanskrit
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः । हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥
yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ harṣāmarṣabhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ
Translation
He from whom the world doth not shrink away, who doth not shrink away from the world, freed from the anxieties of joy, anger, and fear, he is dear to me.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Most of this list describes an inner state; this verse names a social effect instead — the devotee neither disturbs others nor is disturbed by them, a reciprocal criterion rather than a purely internal one. The freedom from joy, anger, and fear as sources of agitation echoes 2.56’s vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ almost directly, applied here to bhakti rather than to jñāna.
Concepts