For whom blame and praise are equal, silent, content with anything, without fixed home, steady-minded, full of devotion — that person is dear to me.

The culminating portrait of the ideal devotee:

• Tulya-nindā-stuti — blame and praise are equal
• Maunī — silent (not in speech, but in mind)
• Santuṣṭa yena kenacit — content with anything
• Aniketa — without fixed home, no established residence
• Sthira-mati — steady-minded, firm
• Bhaktimān — full of devotion

Maunī implies inner silence. The mental chatter ceases. It’s not physical muteness but quietude of citta.

Aniketa literally “without house.” It can be understood as the wandering renunciate, but also as non-identification with any place, social position, or fixed identity. The yogī is at home everywhere because they depend on nowhere.

Me priyo naraḥ — “that person is dear to me.” The series of verses (12.13-19) closes with this affirmation of divine intimacy. The qualities described are not moral impositions but signs of spiritual maturity that attract grace.