### Bg 6.9

> सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।\
> साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥९॥

> suhṛn-mitrāry-udāsīna-\
> madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu\
> sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu\
> sama-buddhir viśiṣyate

*suhṛt*—by nature a well-wisher; *mitra*—benefactor with affection; *ari*—enemy; *udāsīna*—neutral between the belligerants; *madhyastha*—mediator between the belligerants; *dveṣya*—envious; *bandhuṣu*—among 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.

**A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all—the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial—with an equal mind.**