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Thursday, December 22, 2011

SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 18 Text 34

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

yaya--by which; tu--but; dharma--religiosity; kama--sense gratification; arthan--and economic development; dhrtya--by determination; dharayate--one sustains; arjuna--O Arjuna; prasangena--because of attachment; phala-akanksi--desiring fruitive results; dhrtih--determination; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; rajasi--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.

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