Chapter 18, Verse 34
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन। प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।18.34।।
yayā tu dharmakāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna. prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī.18.34.
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- यया
- by which
- तु
- but/indeed
- धर्मकामार्थान्
- duty, desire, and wealth (the three goals of life)
- धृत्या
- by steadfastness/firmness
- धारयते
- one holds/maintains
- अर्जुन
- O Arjuna
- प्रसङ्गेन
- out of attachment
- फलाकाङ्क्षी
- desiring the fruit/result
- धृतिः
- steadfastness/firmness
- सा
- that
- पार्थ
- O son of Pritha (Arjuna)
- राजसी
- is of the nature of rajas (passion)
Commentary
34. But the firmness with which one holds fast to dharma and pleasures and wealth, desiroos of the fruit of each on its occasion* that firmness, O Partha, is Rajasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यया
तु
धर्मकामार्थान्
धृत्या
धारयते
अर्जुन
प्रसङ्गेन
फलाकाङ्क्षी
धृतिः
सा
पार्थ
राजसी
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