One who has no hatred toward any being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and ego, equal in pain and pleasure, forgiving—

Here begins one of the most beautiful passages in the Gita — a seven-verse portrait of the ideal devotee. These are not prescriptions to follow but descriptions of what a person naturally becomes when they are established in God. Absence of hatred toward any being, active friendliness and compassion, freedom from possessiveness and ego, equanimity in pleasure and pain, and the capacity to forgive — these qualities arise spontaneously from genuine devotion. They are not forced virtues but natural expressions of a transformed heart.