Chaitanya Charan Das, Bhagavad Gita ISKCON

Bhagavad Gita 18.34

yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān

dhṛtyā dhārayate ’rjuna

prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī

dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

That determination which holds on tight,

To pleasure and treasure, claimed as one’s right;

Chasing outcomes, ...

Bhagavad Gita 18.33

dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate

manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ

yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā

dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

That determination which sustains;

Mind, life-breath, senses—all it restrains;

Through yoga practice without dev...

Bhagavad Gita 18.32

adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā

manyate tamasāvṛtā

sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca

buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

Shrouded in darkness, it takes wrong for right,

And sees all things with distorted sight;

Mistaking dharma for a...

Bhagavad Gita 18.31

yayā dharmam adharmaṁ ca

kāryaṁ cākāryam eva ca

ayathāvat prajānāti

buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

It sees dimly: what dharma is, what it isn’t;

What needs to be done, what needn’t;

Mistaking truth through parti...

Bhagavad Gita 18.30

pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca

kāryākārye bhayābhaye

bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti

buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

What inclination’s to be followed, what isn’t;

What obligation’s to be honored, what isn’t;

What’s to be...