Verse 18.29
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं शृणु ।
प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय ॥
Transliteration
buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śaṛṇu |
procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Hear thou the threefold division of intellect and firmness according to the Gunas, as I declare them fully and distinctly, O Arjuna.
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Hear now, Dhananjaya, the threefold division of understanding and of steadiness according to the qualities, explained fully and one by one.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna turns to two more faculties: understanding (buddhi) and steadiness (dhṛti), the power that holds a course of action or thought in place. He will describe each in three forms according to the qualities, completely and separately. Addressing Arjuna as Dhananjaya, winner of wealth, he continues the systematic survey. These two faculties matter especially for Arjuna, whose understanding was clouded and whose resolve faltered at the start of the dialogue.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08