But the resolve by which one holds fast to dharma, pleasure, and wealth, Arjuna, with attachment and craving for their fruits — that resolve, Partha, is rajasic.
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन | प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ||१८-३४||
The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
Having thus acquired the rare gift of Devotion the sage prepared a funeral pile and discarding all attachment from his heart ascended it.
उन्ते श्री राम के श्रि मुख के में स्त स्य स्य विरध को लेकर स्त स्य स्य विरध को वब स्त स्य स्य विरध को वब विरध को वब स्त स्य स्य विरधको
Those who depend on worldly materials, are attached to them, cannot be content whether the resources they possess are huge or small. And those who are attached with the Creator of these materials, the Almighty, they are found to be content even with fewer resources. Man attains true happiness not from Maya but from Mayapati.
Farid, do not become attached to wealth and material possessions; remember that death is inevitable, and think about where you will go after you die.
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