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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुर् आत्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

By the self thou shouldst deliver the self, thou shouldst not depress and cast down the self (whether by self-indulgence or suppression); for the self is the friend of the self and the self is the enemy.

Gītā 6·5

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in