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Bhagavad Gita 18.33

By Bhagavan Sri Krishna | Published 08/18/2005
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Text 33

dhrtya yaya dharayate
manah-pranendriya-kriyah
yogenavyabhicarinya
dhrtih sa partha sattviki

Translation

O son of Pritha, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness.

Commenatry by Srila Prabhupada 

Yoga is a means to understand the Supreme Soul. One who is steadily fixed in the Supreme Soul with determination, concentrating one’s mind, life and sensory activities on the Supreme, engages in Krishna consciousness. That sort of determination is in the mode of goodness. The word avyabhicarinya is very significant, for it indicates that persons who are engaged in Krishna consciousness are never deviated by any other activity.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

Three types of determination are now described.


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