Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 6 · The Way of Meditation

    Verse 5

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 6, Verse 5

    उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।।6.5।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ

    Translation

    One should raise oneself by one's own mind and not allow oneself to sink; for the mind alone is the friend of the self, and the mind alone is the foe of the self.
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