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The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali

1.33

Original Text

maitri karuna mudita upeksanam sukha duhkha punya apunya visayanam bhavanatah citta prasadanam

Translation

By cultivating an attitude of friendship toward those who are happy, compassion toward those in distress, sympathetic joy toward those who are virtuous, and equanimity toward those who are non-virtuous, lucidity arises in the mind.

Terms

Maitri (loving-kindness)
Karuna (compassion)
Mudita (sympathetic joy)
Upeksa (equanimity)