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बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः । अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्॥६-२८-६॥
For that person whose self has been conquered by the self, the self is a friend; but for one who lacks self-mastery, the self functions in an adversarial manner, like an enemy.
english translation
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानावमानयोः॥६-२८-७॥
For one who has mastered the self and is tranquil, the Supreme Self (Paramātman) is steadily integrated; likewise amid cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and honor and dishonor.
english translation
ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः । युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः॥६-२८-८॥
The yogin who is satisfied through knowledge and realized understanding, who is unshaken, who has conquered the senses, and who regards a clod of earth, a stone, and gold as equal—such a one is said to be integrated (yukta).
english translation
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु । साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते॥६-२८-९॥
He excels whose understanding is even toward well-wishers, friends, the honorable, the indifferent, the neutral, the hostile, and kin—and likewise toward the virtuous and those who have strayed from dharma.
english translation
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः । एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः॥६-२८-१०॥
A yogin should continually discipline the self while abiding in seclusion—solitary, with mind and self restrained, free from expectation and without possessiveness.
english translation