Bhagavadgita Chapter-18

Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation

TEXT 34

yaya tu dharma-kamarthan
dhrtya dharayate 'rjuna
prasangena phalakanksi
dhrtih sa partha rajasi

SYNONYMS

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

TRANSLATION

And that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive result 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.