BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:34

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:34

 

yaya tu dharma-kamarthan

dhrtya dharayate 'rjuna

prasangena phalakanksi

dhrtih sa partha rajasi

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yaya--by which; tu--but; dharma--religiosity; kama--sense

gratification; arthan--and economic development; dhrtya--by

determination; dharayate--one sustains; arjuna--O Arjuna;

prasangena--because of attachment; phala-akanksi--desiring fruitive

results; dhrtih--determination; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha;

rajasi--in the mode of passion.

 

TRANSLATION

 

But that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive results 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.

 

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