suhá¹›n-mitrÄry-udÄsÄ«na-
madhyastha-dveá¹£ya-bandhuá¹£u
sÄdhuá¹£v api ca pÄpeá¹£u
sama-buddhir viśiṣyate

su-hrt--by nature a well-wisher; mitra--benefactor with affection; ari--enemy; udasina--neutral between belligerents; madhya-stha--mediator between the belligerents; dvesya--envious; bandhusu--among relatives or well-wishers; sadhusu--unto the pious; api--as well as; ca--and; papesu--unto the sinners; sama-buddhih--having equal intelligence; visisyate--is far advanced.


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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.

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