Sanskrit Verse
yaya tu dharma-kamarthan dhritya dharayate 'rjuna prasangena phalakanksi dhriti sa partha rajasi
Translation & Meaning
The steadiness by which one holds onto dharma, pleasure, and wealth — clinging to results with attachment — that steadiness is rajasic, O Arjuna. Rajasic dhriti is persistence in the service of self-interested goals.
Key Teachings
- •Rajasic steadiness persists toward dharma, artha, and kama with attachment to fruits
- •The crucial defect is clinging to outcomes and results
- •Worldly persistence motivated by desire is not the liberating steadiness of yoga
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