# Bhagavad Gita 6.5

**Canonical reference:** `gita.6.5`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

## IAST

uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet
ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

(A man) should elevate his self by his self he should not debase his self for even (a man's) own self is his friend, (a man's) own self is also his enemy. To him who has subjugated his self by his self

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