In the previous verse it was stated that the man of perfection develops equal vision to all the things of the outside world. Here the nature of relationship of a man of perfect equipoise with the other living beings of the world is discussed.

The Lord says that such a man of excellence regards all relationships with equal love and consideration irrespective of whether they are friends or foes or the indifferent or the

neutral or the hateful or the nearest relations. He does not make any distinction between the righteous and unrighteous, the good and the bad.

In realizing the Self in him, he sees unity in all diversities and observes a rhythm in the world outside. To him, who has realized himself to be the Self which is all pervading, the entire universe becomes his own Self and therefore his relationship with other parts of the universe is equal and the same.
The method by which one can attain this highest goal with an assured result is called Meditation which is explained exhaustively in the following verses.

DIRECTIONS FOR THE PRACTICE OF YOGA

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The first line of the verse beginning with ‘benefactor,’ etc. is a single compound word. Visisyate, he excels, i. e. he is the best among all those who are established in Yoga-(a different reading is vimucyate, he becomes free); sama-buddhih, who has sameness of view, i. e. whose mind is not engaged with the question of who one is and what he does; with regard to a suhrd, benefactor-one who does some good without consideration of return; mitram, a friend, one who is affectionate; arih, a foe; udasinah, a neutral, who sides with nobody; madhyasthah, an arbiter, who is a well-wisher of two conflicting parties; dvesyah, the hateful, who is repulsive to oneself; bandhuh, a relative;- to all these as also sadhusu, with regard to good people, who follow the scriptures; api ca, and even; papesu, sinners, who perform prohibited actions-with regard to all of them. Therefore, to acquire this excellent result-