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Yoga Sutras 2.35

Patanjali, explained by Swami Vivekananda

अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्सन्निधौ वैरत्यागः ॥

ahiṃsāpratiṣṭhāyāṃ tatsannidhau vairatyāgaḥ

Non-killing being established, in his presence all enmities cease (in others).

In plain words: When a person fully commits to never harming anyone, others around them stop feeling hostile. The teacher says even fierce animals become peaceful near such a person.

Yoga Sutras 2.35
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Swami Vivekananda explains

If a man gets the ideal of non-injuring others, before him even animals which are by their nature ferocious will become peaceful. The tiger and the lamb will play together before that Yogi. When you have come to that state, then alone you will understand that you have become firmly established in non-injuring.