सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु | साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ||६-९||
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu . sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate ||6-9||
- su-hṛt
- to well-wishers by nature
- mitra
- benefactors with affection
- ari
- enemies
- udāsīna
- neutrals between belligerents
- madhya-stha
- mediators between belligerents
- dveṣya
- the envious
- bandhuṣu
- and 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
A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.