Verse 32

In plain words

And there is something further —

‘By comparison with oneself’ means measuring by yourself, using your own case as the standard—that comparison, that quality of comparability, is what's meant here. Whoever sees the same thing everywhere, in every being, equally, Arjuna—and what does he see as the same? Just as my own happiness is something I want, so happiness is welcome to every living creature. Or, whatever sorrow is unwelcome and unwanted to me, sorrow is just as unwanted and unwelcome to every living creature. Seeing this way, by comparison with himself, he regards happiness and sorrow, the welcome and the unwelcome, with equal eyes in every being—and treats no one with hostility. That is what ‘non-violent’ means. Whoever is non-violent in this way, established firmly in right vision, is the supreme yogī—regarded, among all yogīs, as the very best.

Close to the Sanskrit

And what else — another thing —

‘By comparison with oneself’—oneself, indeed, is compared by this—thus ‘comparison’; the state of that comparison is ‘comparability’; by that comparison with oneself. Whoever sees, everywhere, in all beings, equal—i.e. equivalent, O Arjuna—and what does he see as equal? It is explained: just as my happiness is desired, so happiness is agreeable to all living beings. The word ‘vā’ is used in the sense of ‘and’. Or, whatever sorrow is disagreeable, undesired, to me, so sorrow is undesired, disagreeable, to all living beings—in this way, by comparison with oneself, in happiness and sorrow, agreeable and disagreeable, with equal regard, in all beings, he sees equally; he does nothing adverse to anyone—that is ‘non-violent’—that is the meaning. Whoever, thus non-violent, established in right vision—he is the supreme yogī, i.e. the foremost, is considered, i.e. regarded as such, among all yogīs.

In plain words

“The citta of one who practises yoga must be as steady as a lamp in a windless place. Whenever the Manas wavers, one must strive right then to restrain it, holding it steady and not letting it run. He who attains the feeling “I alone am present in everything” and the oneness “all beings are in me alone” has accomplished all yogas. For such a one there is no distinction between “others” and “Paramātma”. He regards the joys and sorrows of others as his own. Never causing pain to another's heart, he loves all, seeing them as the Lord of all. He who has such a feeling is the best among yogis.” As Kṛṣṇa, who is God, was teaching this to Arjuna, the devotee, Arjuna, his mind in doubt, asks in the middle for an answer.