BG 6.9
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीन मध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīna
madhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu
sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu
samabuddhir viśiṣyate
SYNONYMS
suhṛt: by nature a well-wisher | mitra: benefactor with affection | ari: enemy | udāsīna: neutral between the belligerents | madhyastha: mediator between the belligerents | dveṣya: envious | bandhuṣu: among the relatives or well-wishers | sādhuṣu: unto the pious | api: as well as | ca: and | pāpeṣu: unto the sinners | sama-buddhiḥ: having equal intelligence | viśiṣyate: is far advanced. |
TRANSLATION
A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all—the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial—with an equal mind.