Chapter 6 Verse 9 of 47

• suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna-
• madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu
• sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu
• sama-buddhir viśiṣyate

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.

Synonyms

• hṛt

  to well-wishers by nature

• mitra

  benefactors with affection

• ari

  enemies

• udāsīna

  neutrals between belligerents

• 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

• buddhiḥ

  having equal intelligence

• viśiṣyate

  is far advanced.

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