Bhagavad Gita · 18.34
॥
Devanāgarī
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate 'rjuna |
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यया तुyayā tubut that [determination] by which.
धर्मकामार्थान्dharma-kāma-arthāndharma, kāma, and artha.
धृत्या धारयतेdhṛtyā dhārayatehe (Arjuna) sustains (dhārayate) with determination (dhṛtyā).
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna!
प्रसङ्गेनprasaṅgenawith strong attachment.
फलाकाङ्क्षीphala-ākāṅkṣīone who craves (ākāṅkṣī) the fruits (phala).
धृतिः साdhṛtiḥ sāthat determination.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
राजसीrājasīis in the mode of passion.
Translation
“But that determination with which a person, craving the fruits, pursues with strong attachment the aims of dharma, artha, and kāma — such determination, O Pārtha, is in the mode of passion.”
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