उ धरेदा नाऽऽ ानं ना ानमवसादयेत् ।
आ ैव ा नो ब ुरा ैव रपुरा नः ॥६ :५॥
Your Ātmā (soul, conscience) can lift yourself up
(but) do not let it degrade you.
Your Ātmā (conscience) only is your (true) friend
but it can also be your (worst) enemy.
Bhagawad Gitā, VI.5
In the last chapter of Bhagawad Gitā Shri Krushń tells Arjun:
िवमृ यैतदशेषेण यथे
स तथा कु ॥१८ :६३॥
Think (about) all that (I have said)
and then do as you please
(the final choice is yours).
Bhagawad Gitā, XVIII.63
“Do not accept what I have said
because it has been so said in the past;