Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 193

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-6 Dhyāna Yogaḥ

Sri Krishna further elucidates the same idea:— uddhared-ātman-ātmānaṃ nātmānam avasādayet | ātmaiva hy-ātmano bandhur-ātmaiva ripur-ātmanaḥ || 5 || 5. One should raise one’s Self by one’s own mind and not allow one’s Self to sink; for the mind alone is the friend of the Self, and the mind alone is the adversary of the Self. Commentary By the Self (ātman), that is, by the mind which is unattached to sense-objects, one should raise one’s self. One should not allow one’s mind which is inclined to sense gratification to drag one down. Friends and enemies exist in the mind alone.