6.9 सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु। साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते
suhṛn
Word meanings
su-hṛit—toward the well-wishers;mitra—friends;ari—enemies;udāsīna—neutral persons;madhya-stha—mediators;dveṣhya—the envious;bandhuṣhu—relatives;sādhuṣhu—pious;api—as well as;cha—and;pāpeṣhu—the sinners;sama-buddhiḥ—of impartial intellect;viśhiṣhyate—is distinguished
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He whose mind is equal in the case of friend, companion, enemy, the indifferent one, the one who remains in the middle, the foe, the relative, the righteous, and also the sinful—he excels [all].
He looks impartially on all - lover, friend or foe; indifferent or hostile; alien or relative; virtuous or sinful.
He who regards with an equal eye well-wishers, friends, foes, the indifferent, neutrals, the hateful, the relations, and even the good and the sinful - he excels.
He excels who has sameness of view with regard to a benefactor, a friend, a foe [Ari (foe) is one who does harm behind one's back.], a neutral, an arbiter, the hateful, [Dvesyah is one who openly hateful.] a relative, good people and even sinners.
He who is of the same mind to the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous and the unrighteous, excels.
6.11 शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः। नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्
śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram
Word meanings
śhuchau—in a clean;deśhe—place;pratiṣhṭhāpya—having established;sthiram—steadfast;āsanam—seat;ātmanaḥ—his own;na—not;ati—too;uchchhritam—high;na—not;ati—too;nīcham—low;chaila—cloth;ajina—a deerskin;kuśha—kuśh grass;uttaram—one over the other
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Setting up in a clean place his own suitable, firm seat predominantly made of cloth, skin, and kusa-grass, neither too high nor too low for him;
Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth.
Having established for himself, in a clean spot, a firm seat, which is neither too hight nor too low, and covering it with cloth, deer-skin and Kusa grass in the reverse order -
Having firmly established in a clean place his seat, neither too high nor too low, and made of cloth, skin and kusa-grass, placed successively one below the other;
In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and kusha grass, one over the other,
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ध्यानयोग
Chapter 6: The Yoga of Meditation
dhyānayoga
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6.10 योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः। एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः
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Word meanings
yogī—a yogi;yuñjīta—should remain engaged in meditation;satatam—constantly;ātmānam—self;rahasi—in seclusion;sthitaḥ—remaining;ekākī—alone;yata-chitta-ātmā—with a controlled mind and body;nirāśhīḥ—free from desires;aparigrahaḥ—free from desires for possessions for enjoyment
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Let the man of Yoga always yoke the self (mind) by remaining alone in a lonely place, controlling his mind and body, without desire and without a sense of possession.
Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions.
The Yogin should constantly fix his mind on Yoga, remaining in a solitary place all alone, controlling his thought and mind, free from desire and sense of possession.
A yogi should constantly concentrate his mind by staying in a solitary place, alone, with mind and body controlled, free from expectations, (and) free from acquisition.
Let the Yogi try constantly to keep the mind steady, remaining in solitude, alone, with the mind and the body controlled, and free from hope and greed.
