Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥३४॥
yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān
dhṛtyā dhārayate 'rjuna
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī
dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
Word for word (synonyms)
- yayā
- by which
- tu
- but
- dharma-kāma-arthān
- for religiosity and economic development
- dhṛtyā
- by determination
- dhārayate
- in such terms
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- prasaṅgena
- for that
- phala-ākāṅkṣī
- desiring fruitive result
- dhṛtiḥ
- determination
- sā
- that
- pārtha
- O son of Pṛthā
- rājasī
- in the mode of passion
Translation
And that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive result in religion, economic development and sense gratification is of the nature of passion, O Arjuna.
Purport
Any person who is always desirous of fruitive results in religious or economic activities, whose only desire is sense gratification, and whose mind, life and senses are thus engaged, is in the mode of passion.
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.