Equal toward enemy and friend, equal in honor and dishonor, equal in cold and heat, pleasure and pain — free from attachment.

Sama — equal, equanimous — appears three times, emphasizing the central quality.

The pairs of opposites (dvandvas):

• Śatru/mitra — enemy/friend (relationships)
• Māna/apamāna — honor/dishonor (reputation)
• Śīta/uṣṇa — cold/heat (physical)
• Sukha/duḥkha — pleasure/pain (experience)

This verse connects directly with Yoga Sūtra 2.48: “Then, the pairs of opposites cease to affect.”

Saṅga-vivarjita — free from attachment. It’s not that the yogī has no friends or doesn’t feel temperature. It’s that they don’t attach to one pole or reject the other.

The equanimity here is radical: it encompasses the physical (temperature), emotional (pleasure/pain), social (honor/dishonor), and relational (friend/enemy). No domain of experience escapes.