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Bhagavad-gītā 18.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः ।
- योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥३३॥
- dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate
- manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ
- yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā
- dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
dhṛtyādetermination — determination; yayāby which — by which; dhārayateone sustains — one sustains; manaḥof the mind — of the mind; prāṇalife — life; indriyaand senses — and senses; kriyāḥthe activities — the activities; yogenaby yoga practice — by yoga practice; avyabhicāriṇyāwithout any break — without any break; dhṛtiḥdetermination — determination; sāthat — that; pārthaO son of Pṛthā — O son of Pṛthā; sāttvikīin the mode of goodness — in the mode of goodness.
O son of Pṛthā, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness.
Yoga is a means to understand the Supreme Soul. One who is steadily fixed in the Supreme Soul with determination, concentrating one's mind, life and sensory activities on the Supreme, engages in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That sort of determination is in the mode of goodness. The word avyabhicāriṇyā is very significant, for it indicates that persons who are engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are never deviated by any other activity.