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आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन। सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं सः योगी परमो मतः।।6.32।।

ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśhyati yo ’rjuna sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 32
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He who, through the likeness of the Self, O Arjuna, sees reality everywhere, be it pleasure or pain, is regarded as the highest Yogi.

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Why: one who sees the pleasure and pain of all beings as equal to their own, through the yoga of sameness, is considered the highest yogi, extending equanimity specifically to genuine empathy for others' suffering, not just your own composure.

In life: real empathy means someone else's pain actually registering to you with something like the weight your own pain would carry, not polite, distant concern.

Teaching: notice the gap between how seriously you take your own discomfort and how seriously you take a stranger's equivalent discomfort, and work on closing that gap.

ātma-aupamyenasimilar to oneself
sarvatraeverywhere
samamequally
paśhyatisee
yaḥwho
arjunaArjun
sukhamjoy
vāor
yadiif
vāor
duḥkhamsorrow
saḥsuch
yogīa yogi
paramaḥhighest
mataḥis considered

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.32 आत्मौपम्येन through the likeness of the Self? सर्वत्र everywhere? समम् eality? पश्यति sees? यः who? अर्जुन O Arjuna? सुखम् pleasure? वा and? यदि if? वा or? दुःखम् pain? सः he? योगी Yogi? परमः highest? मतः is regarded.Commentary He sees that whatever is pleasure or pain to himself is also pleasure or pain to all other beings. He does not harm anyone. He is ite harmless. He wishes good to all. He is compassionate to all creatures. He has a very soft and large heart. He sees thus eality everywhere as he is endowed with the right knowlede of the Self? as he beholds the Self only everywhere? and as he is established in the unity of the Self. Therefore he is considered as the highest among all Yogis. (Cf.VI.47)