Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6, Verse 9

Sanskrit Verse

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।

साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते।।6.9।।

Transliteration

suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhu

sādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate

Word meanings

su-hṛit—toward the well-wishers; mitra—friends; ari—enemies; udāsīna—neutral persons; madhya-stha—mediators; dveṣhya—the envious; bandhuṣhu—relatives; sādhuṣhu—pious; api—as well as; cha—and; pāpeṣhu—the sinners; sama-buddhiḥ—of impartial intellect; viśhiṣhyate—is distinguished

Swami Sivananda's translation

He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous, excels.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 6