Bhagavad Gita 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।।6.5।।
uddharedātmanā''tmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet. ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ৷৷6.5৷৷
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- उद्धरेत्
- one should uplift/deliver
- आत्मना
- by the self (mind/one's own effort)
- आत्मानम्
- the self
- न
- not
- आत्मानम्
- the self
- अवसादयेत्
- should degrade/let sink down
- आत्मा
- the self
- एव
- indeed/alone
- हि
- for/certainly
- आत्मनः
- of oneself
- बन्धुः
- friend/relative
- आत्मा
- the self
- एव
- indeed/alone
- रिपुः
- enemy
- आत्मनः
- of oneself
Commentary
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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उद्धरेत्
आत्मना
आत्मानम्
न
आत्मानम्
अवसादयेत्
आत्मा
एव
हि
आत्मनः
बन्धुः
आत्मा
एव
रिपुः
आत्मनः
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