सुहृत् मित्र अरि उदासीन मध्यस्थ द्वॆष्य बन्धुषुः ।
साधुषु अपि च पापॆषु सम बुद्धिः विशिष्यतॆ ॥ ६.९ ॥
ಸುಹೃತ್ ಮಿತ್ರ ಅರಿ ಉದಾಸೀನ ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥ ದ್ವೇಷ್ಯ ಬಂಧುಷುಃ |
ಸಾಧುಷು ಅಪಿ ಚ ಪಾಪೇಷು ಸಮ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ || ೬.೯ ||
suhRut mitra ari udAseena madhyastha dvEShya bandhuShuH |
sAdhuShu api cha pApEShu sama buddhiH vishiShyatE || 6.9 ||
He excels whose judgment is unbiased and even-minded with regard to the good-hearted, friend, foe, indifferent, middling, hated and related; even to the righteous and the wicked.
In this verse, the Yogi is said to become a more meritorious and a better seer of truth when he sees the Lord – the One Lord in all – in friend or foe, indifferent or hostile, righteous or unrighteous, related or unrelated. It is implied that the Lord does not differ from His countless manifestations, wherever He may be perceived to be.