Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.54

brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām ||

Having become one with Brahman, serene in the self, a person neither grieves nor craves. The same toward all beings, that person attains the highest devotion to me.

Modern context

Having become one with the absolute, serene, neither grieving nor craving, equal to all beings, such a person then attains the highest devotion. This is a striking order. Realization does not end in cold detachment; it opens into love. Knowledge and devotion are not rival paths. At the summit, they meet. The one who has seen most clearly loves most deeply.