Chapter 6, Verse 9
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु। साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते।।6.9।।
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu। sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate।।6.9।।
Word by word
- सुहृद् (suhṛd)
- toward a well-wisher (one who is naturally friendly, without ulterior motive)
- मित्र (mitra)
- toward a friend (bound by affection or association)
- अरि (ari)
- toward an enemy (foe)
- उदासीन (udāsīna)
- toward the indifferent/neutral person (one who takes no side)
- मध्यस्थ (madhyastha)
- toward the mediator (one who stands between, arbitrator)
- द्वेष्य (dveṣya)
- toward the hateful one (one who deserves or provokes hatred)
- बन्धुषु (bandhuṣu)
- and toward relatives/kinsmen — (locative plural governing the whole list: 'toward friend, foe, neutral, mediator, hateful one, and kinsman')
- साधुषु (sādhuṣu)
- toward the virtuous/righteous
- अपि (api)
- even, also
- च (ca)
- and
- पापेषु (pāpeṣu)
- toward the sinners/wicked
- सम-बुद्धिः (sama-buddhiḥ)
- one whose understanding/intellect is equal (impartial-minded)
- विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate)
- is distinguished, excels, is considered superior
Commentary
9. He is esteemed, who is of the same mind to the good-hearted, friends, foes, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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सुहृद् (suhṛd)
मित्र (mitra)
अरि (ari)
उदासीन (udāsīna)
मध्यस्थ (madhyastha)
द्वेष्य (dveṣya)
बन्धुषु (bandhuṣu)
साधुषु (sādhuṣu)
अपि (api)
च (ca)
पापेषु (pāpeṣu)
सम-बुद्धिः (sama-buddhiḥ)
विशिष्यते (viśiṣyate)
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