Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 18.34

yaya tu dharma-kamarthan

dhrtya dharayate 'rjuna

prasangena phalakanksi

dhrtih sa partha rajasi

SYNONYMS

yaya -- by which; tu -- but; dharma -- religiosity; kama -- sense gratification; arthan -- and economic development; dhrtya -- by determination; dharayate -- one sustains; arjuna -- O Arjuna; prasangena -- because of attachment; phala-akanksi -- desiring fruitive results; dhrtih -- determination; sa -- that; partha -- O son of Prtha; rajasi -- in the mode of passion.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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.

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