Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः ।
योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥३३॥
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate
manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ
yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā
dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
Word for word (synonyms)
- dhṛtyā
- determination
- yayā
- by which
- dhārayate
- is sustained
- manaḥ
- mind
- prāṇa
- life
- indriya
- senses
- kriyāḥ
- activities
- yogena
- by *yoga* practice
- avyabhicāriṇyā
- without any break
- dhṛtiḥ
- such determination
- sā
- that
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā
- sāttvikī
- in the mode of goodness
Translation
O son of Pṛthā, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and thus controls the mind, life, and the acts of the senses, is in the mode of goodness.
Defined in the Gītā
Yoga
What is yoga?
Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.
Purport
Yoga is a means to understand the Supreme Soul. One who is steadily fixed in the Supreme Soul with determination, concentrating one's mind, life and sensual activities on the Supreme, engages in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That sort of determination is in the mode of goodness. The word avyabhicāriṇya is very significant, for it refers to persons who are engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and are never deviated by any other activity.
What this verse teaches
Determination (dhṛti) in three modes
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.