18.29 Understanding and steadiness Krishna speaks
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु
प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय
buddher bhedaṁ dhṛiteśh chaiva guṇatas tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu
prochyamānam aśheṣheṇa pṛithaktvena dhanañjaya
Hear now the threefold division of understanding and of steadiness, according to the strands, described one by one.
Explanation
Understanding and steadiness, next.
buddhi and dhṛti, described one by one.
The taxonomy is now reaching the faculties rather than the acts. What is being graded is no longer what a person does but what they judge and hold on with.
Word by word
- buddheḥ
- of intellect
- bhedam
- the distinctions
- dhṛiteḥ
- of determination
- cha
- and
- eva
- certainly
- guṇataḥ tri-vidham
- according to the three modes of material nature
- śhṛiṇu
- hear
- prochyamānam
- described
- aśheṣheṇa
- in detail
- pṛithaktvena
- distinctly
- dhanañjaya
- conqueror of wealth, Arjun
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