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He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachment and egoism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving.

One who bears ill will to no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free of possessiveness and of the sense of I, even in sorrow and joy, and forgiving,

Krishna now begins a portrait of the devotee who is dear to him, a passage that runs to the end of the chapter. Such a person bears ill will towards no being and is friendly and compassionate. He is free from possessiveness, nirmama, and from the ego's sense of I, nirahaṅkāra. He remains even in sorrow and joy and is forgiving. The portrait begins with how the devotee treats others. Devotion, in the Gita's account, is shown first in kindness and patience, not in ritual or emotion alone.