Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 29

बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं शृणु । प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय

buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śṛṇu | procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya

Translation

The threefold division of intellect and firmness according to qualities, about to be taught fully and distinctively (by Me), hear thou, O Dhanañjaya.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

buddheḥ

of reason

bhedam

division

dhṛteḥ

of firmness

ca

and

eva

even

guṇataḥ

from (according to) qualities

trividham

threefold

śṛṇu

hear

procyamānam

being declared

aśeṣeṇa

without remainder

pṛthaktvena

by severalness

dhanañjaya

O Dhanañjaya

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Qualities: guṇas such as Sattva. Dhanañjaya: the conqueror of wealth. Arjuna is so called because he acquired much wealth — human and divine, material and spiritual — during his tour of conquest through the four quarters of the earth.