One who hates no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and egoism, the same in pain and pleasure, and patient,
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च | निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ||१२-१३||
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
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- Krishna
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- Bhagavad Gita
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- Bhagavad Gita 12.13
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- CompassionGood Character
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These I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, Krishna, not even for the sovereignty of the three worlds, let alone for the earth.
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन | अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ||१-३५||
How can a person be a great religious man, if he causes suffering to others, hates them and feels jealous? It is very essential that in the first instance we should imbibe goodness and humanity. Without this, nobody is religious, nobody is good.
Come back, no matter who you are or what you've done. If you've broken your vows a hundred times, come back. God's mercy is for sinners, so whether you're an unbeliever, drunk, or idolatrous, come back.
Thus God dealeth with us. When man humbles himself, God cannot restrain His mercy; He must come down and pour His grace into the humble man, and He gives Himself most of all, and all at once, to the least of all.