Bhagavad-gītā As It Is • Ch 6

TEXT 9

Sāṅkhya-yoga

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥९॥
suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna- madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu sama-buddhir viśiṣyate

Synonymsशब्दार्थ• Word-for-Word Analysis• प्रत्येक शब्द का अर्थ

suhṛt — by nature a well-wisher; mitra — benefactor with affection; ari — enemy; udāsīna — neutral between the belligerents; madhyastha — mediator between the belligerents; dveṣya — envious; bandhuṣu — among the relatives or well-wishers; sādhuṣu — unto the pious; api — as well as; ca — and; pāpeṣu — unto the sinners; sama-buddhiḥ — having equal intelligence; viśiṣyate — is far advanced.

Translationअनुवाद

A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all—the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial—with an equal mind.