ॐ

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु। साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते।।6.9।।

suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhu sādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 6, Verse 9
0:000:00

Scripture Translation Room

Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one is considered supreme who is equal-minded toward friend and enemy, the good and the sinful alike, describing an evenness of regard that extends even to people who've wronged you.

In life: holding a grudge or ongoing resentment toward someone who's harmed you keeps your own peace hostage to their behavior indefinitely.

Teaching: work toward genuine equanimity, not artificial forgiveness, toward one specific person who's wronged you, and notice how much lighter that actually makes you feel, independent of anything they do.

su-hṛittoward the well-wishers
mitrafriends
arienemies
udāsīnaneutral persons
madhya-sthamediators
dveṣhyathe envious
bandhuṣhurelatives
sādhuṣhupious
apias well as
chaand
pāpeṣhuthe sinners
sama-buddhiḥof impartial intellect
viśhiṣhyateis distinguished

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
6.9 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.Commentary 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.