Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 6, verse 5
A widely quoted call to self-reliance: no one else can lift you up, and your own mind is either your friend or your enemy.
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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥
uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet |ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ ||
One should lift oneself up by one's own effort and never let oneself sink down. For the self alone is one's friend, and the self alone is one's enemy.
मनुष्य को अपने प्रयास से स्वयं को ऊपर उठाना चाहिए और स्वयं को नीचे नहीं गिरने देना चाहिए। क्योंकि मनुष्य स्वयं ही अपना मित्र है, और स्वयं ही अपना शत्रु।
माणसाने स्वतःच्या प्रयत्नाने स्वतःचा उद्धार करावा आणि स्वतःला खाली जाऊ देऊ नये. कारण माणूस स्वतःच स्वतःचा मित्र आहे, आणि स्वतःच स्वतःचा शत्रू.
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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥
यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते ।
When a person is no longer attached to sense objects or to actions, and has given up all selfish plans, that person is said to have reached yoga.
6.6बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः ।
For one who has mastered themselves, the self is a friend. But for one who has not, the self behaves like an enemy.
The Yoga of Meditation
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