बन्धुज्ञात्यरिमध्यस्थमित्रोदासीनविद्विष: । सर्व एव हि सर्वेषां भवन्ति क्रमशो मिथ: ॥ ५ ॥
bandhu-jnaty-ari-madhyastha- mitrodasina-vidvisah sarva eva hi sarvesam bhavanti kramaso mithah
- bandhu
- friends
- jnati
- family members
- ari
- enemies
- madhyastha
- neutrals
- mitra
- well-wishers
- udasina
- indifferent
- vidvisah
- or envious persons
- sarve
- all
- eva
- indeed
- hi
- certainly
- sarvesam
- of all
- bhavanti
- become
- kramasah
- gradually
- mithah
- of one another.
In this material world, which advances like a river that carries away the living entity, all people become friends, relatives and enemies in due course of time. They also act neutrally, they mediate, they despise one another, and they act in many other relationships. Nonetheless, despite these various transactions, no one is permanently related.