[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.28.5 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.28.5 Mahābhārata 6.28.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.5) uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet | ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ || 5 || > A man should uplift himself by his own self, so let him not weaken this self. For this self is the friend of oneself, and this self is the enemy of oneself. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.4) - [Next: 6.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.6) - [Up: 6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28) ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.6.5) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.30.1.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.30.5) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.30.5) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.30.5) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.6.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.5) · Pramāṇa