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of the life breaths and of the sense-organs, that firmness, O Pârtha, is pure. (33)
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ ३४ ॥
But the firmness, O Arjuna, by which, from attachment desirous of fruit, one holdeth fast duty[1], desire and wealth, that firmness, O Pârtha, is passionate. (34)
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥ ३५ ॥
That by which one from stupidity doth not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and also vanity, that firmness, O Pârtha, is dark. (35)
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ ।
अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ॥ ३६ ॥
And now the threefold kinds of pleasure hear
- ↑ Dharma.
