समाधियोगैस्तद्वेद्यं सर्वत्र समदृष्टिभिः । द्वन्द्वातीतैर्निर्विकल्पैर्देहात्माध्यासवर्जितैः ॥ ८ ॥
samādhiyōgaistadvēdyaṁ sarvatra samadṛṣṭibhiḥ | dvandvātītairnirvikalpairdēhātmādhyāsavarjitaiḥ || 8 ||
Translation
It is known in the yoga of samādhi by those who see the same everywhere, who are beyond the pairs of opposites, free of mental constructions and of the error of taking the body for the self.
Word by word
- samādhiyōgaistadvēdyaṁ
- it is to be known through the yoga of samādhi
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- samadṛṣṭibhiḥ
- by those who see the same
- dvandvātītairnirvikalpairdēhātmādhyāsavarjitaiḥ
- by those beyond the opposites, free of constructions, without the error of taking the body as the self
Meaning
The commentary: Brahman in its own nature is to be known by those of the highest renunciation; those who see friend and foe alike, untouched by pleasure and pain, heat and cold.