Patanjali Yoga Sutra – Samadhi Pada-Or by Cultivating Opposite Virtues(1.33)
Or by Cultivating Opposite Virtues
1.33. Maitrikarunamuditopeksanam sukhaduhkhapunyapunyavisayanam bhavanataschittaprasadanam|
- Maitri- friendliness
- Karuna-compassion
- Mudita-gladness
- Upeksanam-indifference
- Sukha-happiness
- Duhkha-misery
- Punya-virtue
- Apunya-vice
- Visayanam-of the objects
- Bhavanatah-attitude
- Chitta-mind
- Prasadanam-purification, making peaceful
In relation to happiness, misery, virtue and vice, by cultivating the attitude of friendliness, compassion, gladness and indifference respectively, the mind becomes purified and peaceful.