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Bhagavad-gītā 18.34
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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
yayāby which — by which; tubut — but; dharmareligiosity — religiosity; kāmasense gratification — sense gratification; arthānand economic development — and economic development; dhṛtyāby determination — by determination; dhārayateone sustains — one sustains; arjunaO Arjuna — O Arjuna; prasaṅgenabecause of attachment — because of attachment; phaladesiring fruitive results-ākāṅkṣīdesiring fruitive results — desiring fruitive results; dhṛtiḥdetermination — determination; sāthat — that; pārthaO son of Pṛthā — O son of Pṛthā; rājasīin the mode of passion — in the mode of passion.
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.
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.