Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

Bg. 6.9

Devanāgarī

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु । साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.

Purport

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.
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