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बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।

buddher bhedaṁ dhṛiteśh chaiva guṇatas tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu prochyamānam aśheṣheṇa pṛithaktvena dhanañjaya

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 29
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Hear thou the threefold division of intellect and firmness, according to the Gunas, as I declare them fully and distinctly, O Arjuna.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: hear now the threefold division of intellect and steadiness according to the qualities, described fully and distinctly, Arjuna, previewing yet another application of the same three-quality framework, this time to intellect and steadiness specifically.

In life: by this point in the chapter, you've now got a repeatable template for applying this same three-quality lens to nearly any dimension of your inner life, knowledge, action, agency, and now intellect and steadiness too.

Teaching: notice how repeatable this same three-quality template has become across the chapter, and start applying it on your own, without needing a new verse to introduce each new domain, to whatever dimension of your own inner life you want to examine next.

buddheḥof intellect
bhedamthe distinctions
dhṛiteḥof determination
chaand
evacertainly
guṇataḥ tri-vidhamaccording to the three modes of material nature
śhṛiṇuhear
prochyamānamdescribed
aśheṣheṇain detail
pṛithaktvenadistinctly
dhanañjayaconqueror of wealth, Arjun

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.29 बुद्धेः of intellect? भेदम् division? धृतेः of firmness? च and? एव even? गुणतः according to alities? त्रिविधम् threefold? श्रृणु hear? प्रोच्यमानम् as I declare? अशेषेण fully? पृथक्त्वेन distinctly? धनञ्जय O Dhananjaya.Commentary Dhananjaya The coneror of wealth Arjuna is so called because he acired much material and spiritual wealth during his tours of conest (Digvijaya) to the four arters of the earth.