TEXT 9
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीन
मध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्व् अपि च पापेषु
समबुद्धिर् विशिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥
suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna-
madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu
sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu
sama-buddhir viśiṣyate
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.
