Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 34

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन । प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी

yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna | prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

Translation

But the firmness with which one holds fast to dharma and pleasures and wealth, desirous of the fruit of each on its occasion, that firmness, O Pārtha, is Rājasic.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yayā

(by) which

tu

indeed

dharmakāmārthān

duty, and, pleasure, and, wealth, and

dhṛtyā

by firmness

dhārayate

holds

arjuna

O Arjuna

prasaṅgena

by attachment

phalākāṅkṣī

of fruit, desirous

dhṛtiḥ

firmness

sā

that

pārtha

O Pārtha

rājasī

rājasic

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

When a person is firmly convinced at heart that dharma, pleasure and wealth ought always to be secured and is desirous of the fruit of each whenever that one occupies his attention, the firmness of such a person is Rājasic.