सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥
६-९ ॥
suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu |
sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate ||
6-9 ||
He who is of equal mind toward well-wisher, friend, foe, the neutral, the mediator, the hateful, and kinsman, and toward the good and the wicked alike — he excels.