Gita Chapter 6 – Verse 6  «   »

बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः ।
अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥ ६-६॥


bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ
anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat


The Self is the friend of the self for him who has conquered himself by the Self, but to the unconquered self, the Self stands in the position of an enemy like the (external) foe.


bandhuḥ = friend; ātmā = mind; eva = certainly; ripuḥ = enemy; ātmanaḥ = of the conditioned soul.; bandhuḥ = friend; ātmā = the mind; ātmanaḥ = of the living entity; tasya = of him; yena = by whom; ātmā = the mind; eva = certainly; ātmanā = by the living entity;

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