आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन ।सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः ॥
ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṃ paśyati yo 'rjuna |sukhaṃ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṃ sa yogī paramo mataḥ ||
- आत्मौपम्येन · ātmaupamyena
- by likeness to oneself
- सर्वत्र · sarvatra
- everywhere
- समम् · samam
- the same
- सुखम् · sukham
- joy
- दुःखम् · duḥkham
- sorrow
- परमः · paramaḥ
- supreme
- मतः · mataḥ
- is deemed
“One who sees the same everywhere by likeness to himself, whether joy or sorrow, O Arjuna — that yogi is deemed supreme.”
— Original plain-language translation
Empathy becomes a yoga: one's own longing for happiness measures all beings' feelings. The golden rule rises to metaphysics. Such a yogi is called highest, not merely accomplished.
— Reader's notes (original)