Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.34

yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān

dhrityā dhārayate 'rjuna

prasańgena phalākāńkshī

dhritih sā pārtha rājasī

SYNONYMS

yayā — by which; tu — but; dharma — religiosity; kāma — sense gratification; arthān — and economic development; dhrityā — by determination; dhārayate — one sustains; arjuna — O Arjuna; prasańgena — because of attachment; phala-ākāńkshī — desiring fruitive results; dhritih — determination; sā — that; pārtha — O son of Prithā; rājasī — 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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