[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) › 6.28.6 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.28.6 Mahābhārata 6.28.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.6) bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ | anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat || 6 || > The self (the active part of our nature) is the friend of the self, for him who has conquered himself by this self. But to the unconquered self, this self is inimical, (and behaves) like (an external) foe. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita - [Previous: 6.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.5) - [Next: 6.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.7) - [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.6.6) — 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.6.30.6) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.30.6) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.30.6) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.6.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.6.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.28.6) · Pramāṇa