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Devotional Service
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he does not lament. Similarly, if he does not get what he desires, he is not distressed. He is transcendental in the face of all kinds of auspicious, inauspicious and sinful activities. He is prepared to accept all kinds of risks for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. Nothing is an impediment in the discharge of his devotional service. Such a devotee is very dear to Krṣna.
TEXTS 18-19
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥१८॥ तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिमौनी संतुष्टो येन केन चित् । अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥१९॥
samah śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoh śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samah saṅga-vivarjitah
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī  
 santuṣṭo yena kenacit  
 aniketaḥ sthira-matir  
 bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ
samaḥ —equal;  śatrau —to the enemy;  ca —also;  mitre —to friends;  ca —also;  tatha —so;  māna —honor;  apamānayoḥ —dishonor;  śīta —cold;  uṣṇa —heat;  sukha —happiness;  duḥkheṣu —distress;  samaḥ —equiposed;  saṅga-vivarjitaḥ —free from all association;  tulya —equal;  nindā —defamation;  stutiḥ —repute;  maunī —silent;  santuṣṭaḥ —satisfied;  yena —somehow;  kena —or other;  cit —if;  aniketaḥ —having no residence;  sthira —fixed;  matiḥ —determination;  bhaktimān —engaged in devotion;  me —My;  priyaḥ —dear;  naraḥ —a man.
TRANSLATION
One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equiposed in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me.