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TEXT 9

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

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.

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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