BG 6.9

Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1983+) - Chapter 6: Dhyana-yoga

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 9

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।

साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥९॥

suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna-

madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu

sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu

sama-buddhir viśiṣyate

SYNONYMS

su-hṛt—to well-wishers by nature; mitra—benefactors with affection; ari—enemies; udāsīna—neutrals between belligerents; madhya-stha—mediators between belligerents; dveṣya—the envious; bandhuṣu—and 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 considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.

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