Chapter 18, Verse 33
धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः। योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।18.33।।
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ. yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī.18.33.
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- धृत्या
- by steadiness/firmness (instrumental)
- यया
- by which
- धारयते
- one holds/sustains/controls
- मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः
- the activities of mind, life-breath, and senses
- योगेन
- through yoga/discipline
- अव्यभिचारिण्या
- unwavering, unfailing (instrumental, qualifying dhṛtyā)
- धृतिः
- steadiness/firmness (nominative)
- सा
- that
- पार्थ
- O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
- सात्त्विकी
- of the nature of sattva/goodness
Commentary
33. The firmness which is ever accompanied by Yoga, and by which the activities of thought, of life-breaths and sense-organs, O Partha, are held fast, such a firmness is Sattvic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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धृत्या
यया
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