Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.33
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 18.33 · 18 · Verse 33
Sanskrit Original
।।18.33।। --,धृत्या यया -- अव्यभिचारिण्या इति व्यवहितेन संबन्धः? धारयते किम् मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः मनश्च प्राणाश्च इन्द्रियाणि च मनःप्राणेन्द्रियाणि? तेषां क्रियाः चेष्टाः? ताः उच्छास्त्रमार्गप्रवृत्तेः धारयते धारयति -- धृत्या हि धार्यमाणाः उच्छास्त्रमार्गविषयाः न भवन्ति -- योगेन समाधिना? अव्यभिचारिण्या? नित्यसमाध्यनुगतया इत्यर्थः। एतत् उक्तं भवति -- अव्यभिचारिण्या धृत्या मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः धार्यमाणाः योगेन धारयतीति। या एवंलक्षणा धृतिः? सा पार्थ? सात्त्विकी।।
18.33 O Partha, dhrtya, the firmness; (-is connected with the remote word) avyabhicarinya, that is unfailing; yogena, through concentration, i.e. (the firmness that is) ever associated with samadhi (absorption in Brahman); yaya, with which; dharayate, one restrains;-what?-manah-prana-indriya-kriyah, the functions of the mind, vital forces and organs-restrains them from tending towards the path opposed to the scriptures-. Indeed, when restrained with firmness, they do not incline towards objects prohibited by the scriptures. Sa, that; dhrtih, firmness, which is of this kind; is sattviki, born of sattva. What is mean is that when one restrains the functions of the mind, vital forces and organs with unfailing firmness, one does so through yoga, concentration.