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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 34

Liberation Through Surrender

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन।प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी

yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛityā dhārayate ‘rjuna prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣhī dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.34 mean?

But the firmness by which one holds fast to duty, pleasure, and wealth, O Arjuna, desiring their fruits out of attachment — that firmness, O Partha, is rajasic.

Word-by-word meaning

yayā—by which · tu—but · dharma-kāma-arthān—duty, pleasures, and wealth · dhṛityā—through steadfast will · dhārayate—holds · arjuna—Arjun · prasaṅgena—due of attachment · phala-ākāṅkṣhī—desire for rewards · dhṛitiḥ—determination · sā—that · pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha · rājasī—in the mode of passion

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