Gita Chapter 18 – Verse 34  «   »

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ १८-३४॥


yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate’rjuna
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī 18-34


But the fortitude O Arjuna, by which one holds fast to duty, pleasure and wealth, from attachment and craving for the fruits-of-actions, that fortitude O Partha, is RAJASIC (passionate) .


yayā = by which; tu = but; dharma = religiosity; kāma = sense gratification; arthan = and economic development; dhṛtya = by determination; dhārayate = one sustains; arjuna = O Arjuna; prasaṅgena = because of attachment; phalākāṅkṣī = desiring fruitive results; dhṛtiḥ = determination; = that; pārtha = O son of Pritha; rājasī = in the mode of passion.;

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