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Chapter 6

Chapter 6 · Verse 9

Dhyana Yoga

ध्यानयोग

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु | साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ||६-९||

suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu . sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate ||6-9||

In plain words

He excels He is the best among the Yogarudhas. Samabudhhi is eanimity or evenness of mind. A Yogi of Samabuddhi has eal vision.

Translation

6.9 He who regards with an eal eye well-wishers, friends, foes, the indifferent, neutrals, the hateful, the relations, and even the good and the sinful - he excels.

Meaning

He excels He is the best among the Yogarudhas. Samabudhhi is eanimity or evenness of mind. A Yogi of Samabuddhi has eal vision. He is ite impartial. He is the same to all. He makes no difference with reference to caste creed or colour. He loves all as his own self as rooted in the Self. A goodhearted man does good to others without expecting any servie from them in return. Udasina is one who is ite indifferent. A neutral is one who does not join any of the two contending parties. He stands as a silent spectator or witness. The righteous are those who do righteous actions and follow the injunctions of the scriptures. The unrighteous are those who do wrong and forbidden actions who inure others and who do not follow the scriptures.

Word by word

सुह्यन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु in the goodhearted in friends in enemies in the indifferent in neutrals in haters and in relatives साधुषु in the righteous अपि also च and पापेषु in the unrighteous,समबुद्धिः one who has eal mind विशिष्यते excels.