Gita Verse 6.5

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 5

Sanskrit Verse

उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।

आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।।6.5।।

Transliteration

uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet

ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ

Word meanings

uddharet—elevate; ātmanā—through the mind; ātmānam—the self; na—not; ātmānam—the self; avasādayet—degrade; ātmā—the mind; eva—certainly; hi—indeed; ātmanaḥ—of the self; bandhuḥ—friend; ātmā—the mind; eva—certainly; ripuḥ—enemy; ātmanaḥ—of the self

Swami Sivananda's translation

One should raise oneself by one’s own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the self alone is one’s own friend, and the self alone is one’s own enemy.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 6

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Cross-references:

• Dhammapada Verse 8.4 (Conquering oneself as the noblest victory)