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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

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1. Dharma.