# Bhagavad Gita 12.16

**Canonical reference:** `gita.12.16`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥

## IAST

anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ
sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

who is unconcerned pure assiduous impartial free from distress who abandons all actions (for fruit) he is dear to me.

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