Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 18.34

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ् क्षी धृति: सा पार्थ राजसी

yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛityā dhārayate ‘rjuna prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣhī dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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The firmness by which one holds to duty, pleasure and wealth with attachment, desiring their fruits, is of passion. A perfectly respectable life is described, and it is not the highest grade.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:A perfectly respectable life is described — and it is not the highest grade.