Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Verse 5
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 6 श्लोक 5

उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।।6.5।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 6.5)
।।6.5।।अपनेद्वारा अपना उद्धार करे अपना पतन न करे क्योंकि आप ही अपना मित्र है और आप ही अपना शत्रु है।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

One should exercise discrimination and thereby realise  that  attachment  to
sense objects is the cause of bondage and non-attachment  to  sense  objects
leads to liberation. So it is mandatory that infatuation with sense  objects
is renounced. By diligent effort one must elevate  their  consciousness  and
become free from the transmigratory existence of samsara or  the  continuous
cycle of birth and death. One should not  debase  oneself  clinging  to  the
lower nature like the animals. Lord Krishna emphasises the  changing  nature
of the mind. When the mind is freed from attachments one becomes  lucid  and
clear and the  mind  is  like  ones  best  benefactor.  When  the  mind  is
disturbed by attachments it becomes distracted and distorted  and  the  mind
becomes ones worst malefactor.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

Only by constant endeavour with faith  and  determination  is  one  able  to
detach themselves from ego sense and  misidentification  with  their  bodily
activities and be in equiminity.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

The word atmana refers to the mind. The mind must  detach  itself  from  the
infatuation of sense  objects  by  association  from  those  wise  in  Vedic
knowledge who posess spiritual knowledge. In  this  way  the  mind  will  be
elevated and gravitate towards spiritual objectives.  But  if  the  mind  is
pointed in the reverse direction subject to worldly pursuits and deluded  by
sense objects then the mind will become agitated and harassed. Lord  Krishna
is confirming the truth that the mind has the potential  to  give  the  most
benefit as the greatest friend to the atma or eternal  soul  and  also  that
the mind has the potential to be the most destructive as the greatest  enemy
to the atma or eternal soul depending upon how the mind is influenced.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
The word atmana refers to the mind. The mind must  detach  itself  from  the
infatuation of sense  objects  by  association  from  those  wise  in  Vedic
knowledge who posess spiritual knowledge. In  this  way  the  mind  will  be
elevated and gravitate towards spiritual objectives.  But  if  the  mind  is
pointed in the reverse direction subject to worldly pursuits and deluded  by
sense objects then the mind will become agitated and harassed. Lord  Krishna
is confirming the truth that the mind has the potential  to  give  the  most
benefit as the greatest friend to the atma or eternal  soul  and  also  that
the mind has the potential to be the most destructive as the greatest  enemy
to the atma or eternal soul depending upon how the mind is influenced.