Texts 13-14-11
Douotional Service
611
adveṣṭā —not envious;  sarva-bhūtānām —for all living entities;  maitraḥ —friendly;  karuṇaḥ —kindly;  eva —certainly;  ca —also;  nirmamaḥ —with no sense of proprietorship;  nirahaṅkāraḥ —without false ego;  sama —equally;  duḥkhaḥ —distress;  sukhaḥ —happiness;  kṣamī —forgiving;  santuṣṭaḥ —satisfied;  satatam —satisfied;  yogī —engaged in devotion;  yatā-ātmā —endeavoring;  dṛdhaniścayaḥ —with determination;  mayi —upon Me;  arpita —engaged;  manaḥ —mind;  buddhiḥ —intelligent;  yaḥ —one who;  mat-bhaktaḥ —My devotee;  sah me priyaḥ —he is dear to Me.
TRANSLATION
One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me—he is very dear to Me.
PURPORT
Coming again to the point of pure devotional service, the Lord is describing the transcendental qualifications of a pure devotee in these two verses. A pure devotee is never disturbed in any circumstances. Nor is he envious of anyone. Nor does a devotee become his enemy's enemy; he thinks that one is acting as his enemy due to his own past misdeeds. Thus it is better to suffer than to protest. In the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is stated:  tat te 'nukampām su-samīkṣyamaṇo . Whenever a devotee is in distress or has fallen into difficulty, he thinks that it is the Lord's mercy upon him. He thinks: "Thanks to my past misdeeds I should suffer far, far greater than I am suffering now. So it is by the mercy of the Supreme Lord that I am not getting all the punishment I am due. I am just getting a little, by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Therefore he is always calm, quiet and patient, despite many distressful conditions. A devotee is also always kind to everyone, even to his enemy.  Nirmama  means that a devotee does not attach much importance to the peace and trouble pertaining to the body because he knows perfectly well that he is not the material body. He does not identify with the body; therefore he is freed from the conception of false ego and is equiposed both in happiness and distress. He is tolerant, and he is satisfied with whatever comes by the grace of the Supreme Lord. He does not endeavor much to achieve something with great difficulty; therefore he is always joyful. He is a completely perfect mystic because he is fixed in the instructions