6.9
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu
sādhuṣv api ca pāpeṣu samabuddhir viśiṣyate
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking.
The verse
He is set apart whose understanding is even among the well-wisher, the friend, the enemy, the indifferent, the neutral, the one to be hated, and the kinsman, and among the good and the wicked as well.
नेपालीमा
हित चाहने, मित्र, शत्रु, उदासीन, तटस्थ, घृणा गर्नुपर्ने र आफन्तमा, अनि साधु र दुष्टमा पनि जसको बुद्धि सम छ, त्यो विशिष्ट छ।
Where it sits
6.8 made a clod and gold the same. This verse puts people where the clod and the gold were. The stretch that began with the definition of the renouncer ends on the even mind. The sitting itself begins at 6.10.
Split: सुहृद्-मित्र-अरि-उदासीन-मध्यस्थ-द्वेष्य-बन्धुषु + साधुषु + अपि + च + पापेषु + सम-बुद्धिः + विशिष्यते
suhṛd-mitra-ari-udāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu + sādhuṣu + api + ca + pāpeṣu + sama-buddhiḥ + viśiṣyate
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सुहृद्-मित्र-अरि-उदासीन-मध्यस्थ-द्वेष्य-बन्धुषु | suhṛd-mitra-ari-udāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣya-bandhuṣu | locative plural | among the well-wisher, the friend, the enemy, the indifferent, the one who stands in the middle, the one to be hated, and the kinsman. |
| साधुषु | sādhuṣu | locative plural | among the good. |
| अपि | api | indeclinable | also. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| पापेषु | pāpeṣu | locative plural | among the wicked. |
| सम-बुद्धिः | sama-buddhiḥ | nominative singular | one whose understanding is even. |
| विशिष्यते | viśiṣyate | present passive, 3rd singular | is set apart, excels. From vi-śiṣ (वि-शिष्). |
The phrases
The first line is one long locative. Seven kinds of person, and the case ending sits only on bandhuṣu (बन्धुषु). Among all of them.
sādhuṣu api ca pāpeṣu (साधुषु अपि च पापेषु) adds the moral pair, the good and the wicked. samabuddhiḥ viśiṣyate (समबुद्धिः विशिष्यते) is the whole predicate. The one whose understanding is even is the one who stands out.
suhṛd (सुहृद्) before mitra (मित्र) is recited suhṛn (सुहृन्). ari udāsīna (अरि उदासीन) is aryudāsīna (अर्युदासीन). sādhuṣu api (साधुषु अपि) is sādhuṣvapi (साधुष्वपि). samabuddhiḥ (समबुद्धिः) before v (व्) is samabuddhir (समबुद्धिर्).
Sanskrit in this line
In a dvandva, the case ending is added once, on the last member. suhṛd (सुहृद्), mitra (मित्र), ari (अरि), udāsīna (उदासीन), madhyastha (मध्यस्थ), dveṣya (द्वेष्य), and bandhu (बन्धु) are seven stems. Only bandhuṣu (बन्धुषु) is locative plural. A dental before a nasal becomes that nasal: suhṛd (सुहृद्) plus mitra (मित्र) is suhṛnmitra (सुहृन्मित्र).
Say it back
Name the seven, then the good and the wicked, then the one who is set apart. If samabuddhiḥ (समबुद्धिः) becomes "he likes them all," stay here.