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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 6 · Dhyāna Yoga

Shloka 6.9
Lesson 242 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Discipline of mind, meditation and balance. How can attention and daily discipline support a balanced inner life?

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Shloka · Devanagari

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhusādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate

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Sandhi-vicheda

su-hṛit+mitra+ari+udāsīna+madhya-stha+dveṣhya+bandhuṣhu+sādhuṣhu+api+cha+pāpeṣhu+sama-buddhiḥ+viśhiṣhyate

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Meaning of each word

su-hṛitsource form
toward the well-wishers
mitrasource form
friends
arisource form
enemies
udāsīnasource form
neutral persons
madhya-sthasource form
mediators
dveṣhyasource form
the envious
bandhuṣhusource form
relatives
sādhuṣhusource form
pious
apisource form
as well as
chasource form
and
pāpeṣhusource form
the sinners
sama-buddhiḥsource form
of impartial intellect
viśhiṣhyatesource form
is distinguished
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।6.9।। सुहृत् इत्यादिश्लोकार्धम् एकं पदम्। सुहृत् इति प्रत्युपकारमनपेक्ष्य उपकर्ता मित्रं स्नेहवान् अरिः शत्रुः उदासीनः न कस्यचित् पक्षं भजते मध्यस्थः यो विरुद्धयोः उभयोः हितैषी द्वेष्यः आत्मनः अप्रियः बन्धुः संबन्धी इत्येतेषु साधुषु शास्त्रानुवर्तिषु अपि च पापेषु प्रतिषिद्धकारिषु सर्वेषु एतेषु समबुद्धिः कः किंकर्मा इत्यव्यापृतबुद्धिरित्यर्थः। विशिष्यतेविमुच्यते इति वा पाठान्तरम्। योगारूढानां सर्वेषाम् अयम् उत्तम इत्यर्थः।।अत एवमुत्तमफलप्राप्तये

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 6.9
Course position242 / 701
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