Sanskrit · Devanagari
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ
English witness
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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Śaṅkarācārya
।।6.5।। उद्धरेत् संसारसागरे निमग्नम् आत्मना आत्मानं ततः उत् ऊर्ध्वं हरेत् उद्धरेत् योगारूढतामापादयेदित्यर्थः। न आत्मानम् अवसादयेत् न अधः नयेत् न अधः गमयेत्। आत्मैव हि यस्मात् आत्मनः बन्धुः। न हि अन्यः कश्चित् बन्धुः यः संसारमुक्तये भवति। बन्धुरपि तावत् मोक्षं प्रति प्रतिकूल एव स्नेहादिबन्धनायतनत्वात्। तस्मात् युक्तमवधारणम् आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुः इति। आत्मैव रिपुः शत्रुः। यः अन्यः अपकारी बाह्यः शत्रुः सोऽपि आत्मप्रयुक्त एवेति युक्तमेव अवधारणम् आत्मैवरिपुरात्मनः इति।।आत्मैव बन्धुः आत्मैव रिपुः आत्मनः इत्युक्तम्। तत्र किंलक्षण आत्मा आत्मनो बन्धुः किंलक्षणो वा आत्मा आत्मनो रिपुः इत्युच्यते
b1657ba74e85…Rāmānuja
6.5 By the self (Atman), i.e., by the mind, which is unattached to sense-objects, one should raise the self. One should not allow the self to sink by a mind which is of the contrary kind. 'For the self alone,' i.e., the mind alone is the friend of the self; and it alone is the foe of the self. [The figure of speech here is of Samsara as the ocean in which the individual self is like an object with liability to sink. What causes its sinking is the lingering attachments of the mind to some objects, though in the discipline of Jnana Yoga one may keep aloof from such objects. A mind with such attachments is the foe and without them, the friend.]
2e0ecf0d39bc…Swami Sivananda
6.5 उद्धरेत् should raise? आत्मना by the Self? आत्मानम् the self? न not? आत्मानम् the self? अवसादयेत् let (him) lower? आत्मा the Self? एव only? हि verily? आत्मनः of the self? बन्धुः friend? आत्मा the Self? एव only? रिपुः the enemy? आत्मनः of the self.Commentary Practise Yog. Discipline the senses and the mind. Elevate yourself and become a Yogarudha. Attain to Yoga. Shine gloriously as a dynamic Yogi. Do not sink into the ocean of Samsara (transmigration). Do not become a wordlyminded man. Do not become a slave of lust? greed and anger. Rise above worldliness? become divine and attain Godhead.You alone are your friend you alone are your enemy. The socalled worldly friend is not your real friend? because he gets attached to you? wastes your time and puts obstacles on your path of Yoga. He is very selfish and keeps friendship with you only to extract something. If he is not able to get from you the object of his selfish interest? he forsakes you. Therefore he is your enemy in reality. If you are attached to your friend on account of delusion or affection? this will become a cause of your bondage to Samsara.Friends and enemies are not outside. They exist in the mind only. It is the mind that makes a friend an enemy and an enemy a friend. Therefore the Self alone is the friend of oneself? and the Self alone is the enemy of oneself. The lower mind or the Asuddha Manas (impure mind) is your real enemy because it binds you to the Samsara? and the higher mind or the Sattvic mind (Suddha Manas or the pure mind) is your real friend? because it helps you in the attainment of Moksha.
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