5. Let a man raise himself by himself, let him not lower himself ; for, he alone is the friend of himself, he alone is the enemy of himself.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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• one should uplift/deliver
• by the self (mind/one's own effort)
• the self
• not
• the self
• should degrade/let sink down
• the self
• indeed/alone
• for/certainly
• of oneself
• friend/relative
• the self
• indeed/alone
• enemy
• of oneself