Chapter 18: The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation
Verse 18:34

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

However, O, Pārtha! The mind's holding power, through which a person passionately clings to duties, wealth, carnal desires and remains attached to worldly gains, {forsaking the path of Nirvāna}, is in the Passional (Rājasic) Mode. (18:34)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।

प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ 18:34 ॥

Word Separation

यया तु धर्म-काम-अर्थान् धृत्या धारयते अर्जुन

प्र-सङ्गेन फल-आकाङ्क्षी— धृतिः सा पार्थ 'राजसी'।

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