यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन | प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ||१८-३४||
yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate.arjuna . prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ||18-34||
Chapter 18 · Verse 34
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
The man of Rajasic firmness imagines that he will achieve the threefold aim of life and clings to it passionately. He is desirous of getting the rewards of his actions. He endeavours to attain Dharma wealth and pleasure.
Translation
18.34 That Dhrti, O Arjuna, by which one, who is desirous of fruits, longs for them with intense attachment, and holds fast to duty, desire and wealth - that Dhrti is Rajasika.
Meaning
The man of Rajasic firmness imagines that he will achieve the threefold aim of life and clings to it passionately. He is desirous of getting the rewards of his actions. He endeavours to attain Dharma wealth and pleasure. The firmness of such a person is Rajasic or passionate. Now listen. O Arjuna to the third kind of firmness -- the Tamasic type.
Word by word
यया (by) which तु but धर्मकामार्थान् Dharma (duty) desire and wealth धृत्या by firmness धारयते holds अर्जुन O Arjuna प्रसङ्गेन on account of attachment फलाकाङ्क्षी desirous of the fruit of action धृतिः firmness सा that पार्थ O Arjuna राजसी Rajasic (passionate).