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Bhagavad Gita · 6.9 · Path of Meditation·9 of 47

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषुसाधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते

suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhu

sādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate

Sanskrit recitation

Who is truly a yogi · 6.1–6.9 · Teaching

Translation

He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous, excels.

Meaning

He excels He is the best among the Yogarudhas.Samabudhhi is equanimity 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.

After Swami Sivananda

Who is truly a yogi· 6.1–6.9

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
api
as well as
ari
enemies
cha
and
mitra
friends
dveṣhya
the envious
su-hṛit
toward the well-wishers
udāsīna
neutral persons
pāpeṣhu
the sinners
bandhuṣhu
relatives
madhya-stha
mediators
sādhuṣhu
pious
sama-buddhiḥ
of impartial intellect
viśhiṣhyate
is distinguished

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