Krishna delivers the ultimate, functional definition of universal empathy. He tells Arjuna: That Yogi is considered to be the absolute highest and most supreme (sa yogī paramo mataḥ) who looks at all beings everywhere (sarvatra) and sees them with perfect equality (samaṃ paśyati yo). How does he do this? By measuring and comparing them directly to his own self (ātmaupamyena). Because of this, he feels their happiness (sukhaṃ vā) and their sorrow and pain (yadi vā duḥkhaṃ) as if it were his very own.