Loving Enemies, Loving Friends – Dhyana Yoga 9

In this verse, we shall see the dealings of the Yogi with various people.

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥६- ९॥

suhR^inmitraaryudaasiinamadhyasthadveshhyabandhushhu .
saadhushhvapi cha paapeshhu samabuddhirvishishhyate .. 6.9.

He who looks upon well wishers, friends, foes, neutrals, mediators, the hateful as well as relatives, the saints and sinners with the same eye stands supreme.

suhR^it.h - well wisher : mitraH – friend : ari - enemy : udaasiinaH – neutral : madhyasthaH – mediator: dveshhya - objects of hatred : bandhushhu - relatives : saadhuH – saints : paapeshu – upon the sinful: sama buddhiH – with the same eye / outlook : vishishhyate - stands supreme

In the earlier verse, we saw that the Yogi treats all objects as the same, whether it is a stone or a piece of Gold. However, it is true that the objects themselves do not show any reaction and hence showing an equal attitude to them is relatively easy. But people are of different types and each person reacts differently to us. So when a person is able to show equanimity to all people irrespective of their behavior, then that person stands supreme.

Here the different types of people whom we come across are described. suhR^it.h is a wellwisher and mitraH is a friend. A well wisher is distinguished from a friend here in the aspect that the well wisher has concern for our welfare without any selfish motive. A mitraH or friend is one who does good when you do good to him. An ari or foe is one who does bad things without any cause while a hateful person is one who has some selfish motive or jealousy or other cause to do evil acts. An udaasiinaH or a neutral person does not interfere when he sees two people fighting, while a madhyasthaH or mediator tries to compromise for the welfare of both. The bandhuH are the relatives while dveshyaH are those who are hostile.

So the yogi has the same attitude to all these people, friends, wellwishers, enemies, neutrals, mediators, relatives or hostile people. In addition to this, he also thinks about the welfare of saints and sinners alike. This is because he is able to see God in all beings and hence he does not distinguish one from the other.

Since it is extremely difficult to be able to think good of those who do bad to us, such a yogi rises above the ordinary humans and he stands supreme.

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