Muditā is gladness at someone else’s good fortune — the fourth thing the comparison trap takes from you. Yoga Sūtras 1.33 lists it as one of four attitudes that clear the mind. It calls it something cultivated. It does not promise the feeling on demand. Ten seconds, one person, before you type the congratulations.
What it says
Your friend got the promotion and you said congratulations through your teeth.
Patañjali has a word for the opposite — gladness at someone else’s luck, muditā.
It sits in a set of four: friendliness, compassion, gladness, equanimity.
The passage calls it something you cultivate to clear the mind — it never promises the feeling on command.
So run it small: one person, ten seconds, before you type the congratulations.
That’s Decoded, where one Sanskrit word gets its real range back.
Sources
Yoga Sūtras 1.33 · maitrī · karuṇā · muditā · upekṣā — Yoga Sūtras 1.33 · A practice, not a mood · Yoga Sūtras 1.33
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