Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥९॥
suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna-
madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu
sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu
sama-buddhir viśiṣyate
Word for word (synonyms)
- suhṛt
- by nature a well-wisher
- mitra
- benefactor with affection
- ari
- enemy
- udāsīna
- neutral between the belligerants
- madhyastha
- mediator between the belligerants
- 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
Translation
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.
What this verse teaches
Symptoms of a person in Yogārūḍha stage
In thematic compilations 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.4–12 1966-09-05 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 6.6–12 [Sāṅkhya Yoga System] 1969-02-15 · Los Angeles
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