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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु |
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ||६-९||
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu . sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate ||6-9||
He who is of the same mind to the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous and the unrighteous, excels.
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Krishna describes the highest kind of person: "Someone who looks at friends, enemies, strangers, neutral people, people they dislike, relatives, good people, and bad people — and feels the same toward all of them. That person stands above everyone."
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