BG 18.34 (1972)

Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972) - Chapter 18: Conclusion - The Perfection of Renunciation

BG 18.33 (1972) - BG 18.35 (1972)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 34

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।

प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥३४॥

yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān

dhṛtyā dhārayate 'rjuna

prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī

dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

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.

BG 18.33 (1972) - BG 18.35 (1972)