Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda Commentary
The constancy with which a person holds fast to duty (Dharma), wealth (Artha) and pleasure (Kama), encouraged by his growing desire to enjoy the fruit of each of them, is the steadiness or “fortitude” of the Rajasic type. It is interesting to note that in the enumeration Krishna avoids Moksha and only takes the first three of the “four ends of man” (Purushaartha), for, a Rajasic man is satisfied with the other fields of self-effort and has no demand for spiritual liberation.
The constancy of pursuit of such an individual will be in these three fields of duty, wealth and pleasure, and he will be pursuing one or the other of them with an extreme desire to enjoy the resultant satisfactions. He follows Dharma, only to gain the heavens; he pursues Artha so that he may have power in this life; and he pursues Kaama with a firm belief and faith that sensuous objects can give him all satisfactions in life.
The steadiness with which one with such an “understanding” would strive and work in these fields is classified as Rajasic Dhriti.
WHAT IS TAMASIC DHRITI?
Adi Sankara Commentary
Tu, but, O Partha; the dhrtya, firmness; yaya, with which; a person dharayate, holds on to; dharma-kama-arthan, righteousness, covetable things and wealth-entertains the conviction in the mind that these ought to be pursued always; and becomes phala-akanksi, desirous of their fruits; prasangena, as the occasion for each arises, according as the situation arises for holding on to any one of dharma etc.; sa, that; dhrtih, firmness; is rajasi, born of rajas.
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