Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.9
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 6.9 · 6 · Verse 9
Sanskrit Original
।।6.9।।वयोविशेषानङ्गीकारेण स्वहितैषिणः सुहृदः सवयसो हितैषिणो मित्राणि अरयो निमित्ततः अनर्थेच्छवः उभयहेत्वभावाद् उभयरहिता उदासीनाः जन्मत एव उभयरहिता मध्यस्थाः जन्मत एव अनिष्टेच्छवो द्वेष्याः जन्मत एव हितैषिणो बन्धवः साधवो धर्मशीलाः पापाः पापशीलाः आत्मैकप्रयोजनतया सुहृन्मित्रादिभिः प्रयोजनाभावाद् विरोधाभावाच्च तेषु समबुद्धिः योगाभ्यासार्हत्वे विशिष्यते।
6.9 'Well-wishers' (Suhrt) are those who wish one well, regardless of differences in age. 'Friends' (Mitra) are well-wisheres of eal age. 'Foes' (Ari) are those who wish ill to one because of some particular cause. 'The indifferent' (Udasina) are those devoid of both friendship and hostility because of the absence of causes for both; 'neutrals' (Madhyastha) are those who are by their very nature incapable of both friendship and hostility. 'The hateful' are those who wish ill to one even from birth. 'Relations' are those who bear goodwill from birth. 'The good' are those devoted to virtue. 'The sinful' are those given to sin. Because of the self being the only end of Yoga, and because of there being no gain and no opposition from well-wishers, friends, etc., he who could regard them all with an eal eye as selves, excels in respect of fitness for the practice of Yoga.