May 6 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 6; Verses 6.09 (Day 127) Adhyatma Yoga, Yoga of Meditation

 May 6 – Day 127

Verse 6.09

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।

साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥ ६-९॥ 

suhṛin mitrāryudāsīna madhyastha dweṣhya-bandhuṣhu
sādhuṣhwapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate (9) 

ஸுஹ்ருன்மித்¹ரார்யுதா³ஸீனமத்⁴யஸ்த²த்³வேஷ்யப³ன்து⁴ஷு |
ஸாது⁴ஷ்வபி¹ ச¹ பா¹பே¹ஷு ஸமபு³த்³தி⁴ர்விஶிஷ்யதே¹ ||9|| 

9. 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. 

Commentary: He excels: He is the best among the Yogarudhas.

Samabuddhi is equanimity or evenness of mind.  A Yogi os Samabuddhi has equal vision.  He is quite 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 good-hearted man does good to others without expecting any service from them in return.

Udasina is one who is quite 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 injure others and who do not follow the scriptures. 

Commentary by Swami Venkatesananda: 

In chapter V, verse 18, the Lord said that the wise men have ‘equal vision’. This is a very important concept or teaching in the Bhagavad Gītā and needs clear-cut understanding. Our Master used to point out ‘samadarśī’ (man of equal vision) is different from ‘samavartī’ (man who behaves alike to all). We are asked to see the same self in all; but that should not lead us to the absurd position of trying to feed the goat with meat and the tiger with grass.

To remove the possibility of such misconception the Lord uses another expression here – ‘samabuddhi’. This same-mindedness is an entirely inner state which is very difficult to bring down to the level of exhibitionism. The yogi is aware of his unruffled state of mind when he meets any of the people listed in the verse above.

The yogi knows the difference between a newspaper and a currency note, but the sight of the currency note does not produce in him the excitement that it does in a worldly man. The only sign by which we shall know how he feels is the total absence of greed he exhibits and his unwillingness to hoard wealth.

The yogi has trained his buddhi or intelligence to be aware of the indwelling presence in all. But as long as he lives in the physical body, in this material world, he has a double-consciousness: he sees the gold and the clod of earth, but is aware that they both are part of God’s nature. His intelligence is aware of God’s omnipresence, though the mind and senses still receive the varied impressions in the world. His actions and reactions are strictly in accordance with God’s will, unconditioned by personal likes and dislikes, love or hatred. He is naturally not attached to anything, neither rejecting it nor clinging to it, but enjoys it while it is there, knowing that everything is pervaded by God and his will be done. His individual ‘me’ always knows itself as part of the great ‘He’. 

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