Bhagavad Gita 12.13 meaningThe path of love
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Hate no one. Be friendly and kind to all. Forgive.”
What it means
“Someone who hates no one, who is friendly and kind to all, free from possessiveness and ego, even in pain and pleasure, and forgiving —
The original Sanskrit · known as “Adveshta Sarva Bhutanam”
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥
adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī
Translations
Literal translation
He who is not hateful towards any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, who has no idea of 'mine' and the idea of egoism, who is the same under sorrow and happiness, who is forgiving;
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
भूतमात्र के प्रति जो द्वेषरहित है तथा सबका मित्र तथा करुणावान् है; जो ममता और अहंकार से रहित, सुख और दु:ख में सम और क्षमावान् है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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How great teachers across 1,200 years have explained this verse.
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