— Bhagavad Gita 12.15 (tr. Swami Swarupananda, 1909)
About this quote
This verse comes from Chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, Bhakti Yoga (The Yoga of Devotion) — the chapter of devotion, ending with Krishna’s portrait of the devotee he holds dear — even-minded, without malice, agitating no one.
The Bhagavad Gita — ‘the Song of the Lord’ — is the dialogue between Krishna and the warrior Arjuna set within the Mahabharata, and one of the most influential spiritual texts ever composed. English translation by Swami Swarupananda (1909), a public-domain rendering from the Sanskrit; the exact chapter and verse are cited with this quote.
