ईश्वरे तदधीनेषु बालिशेषु द्विषत्सु च । प्रेममैत्रीकृपोपेक्षा य: करोति स मध्यम: ॥ ४६ ॥
īśvare tad-adhīneṣu bāliśeṣu dviṣatsu ca prema-maitrī-kṛpopekṣā yaḥ karoti sa madhyamaḥ
- īśvare
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- tat-adhīneṣu
- to persons who have taken fully to Kṛṣṇa consciousness
- bāliśeṣu
- unto the neophytes or the ignorant
- dviṣatsu
- to persons envious of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s devotees
- ca
- and
- prema
- love
- maitrī
- friendship
- kṛpā
- mercy
- upekṣāḥ
- negligence
- yaḥ
- anyone who
- karoti
- does
- saḥ
- he
- madhyamaḥ
- a second-class devotee
An intermediate or second-class devotee, called madhyama-adhikārī, offers his love to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a sincere friend to all the devotees of the Lord, shows mercy to ignorant people who are innocent and disregards those who are envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.