6:5  

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥६- ५॥

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Transliteration

uddharedaatmanaatmaanaM naatmaanamawasaadayet ।

aatmaiwa hyaatmano bandhuraatmaiwa ripuraatmanaH ॥६- ५॥

Translation

Raise the self by the self. Let not the self decline.
The self is itself the friend of the self. The self is itself the enemy of the self.

Translation

One must elevate, not degrade, oneself by one's own mindxe "mind". The mind alone is one's friend as well as one's enemy.

Translation

A man must elevate himself by his own mind, not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.