Sanskrit

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् ।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥

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Transliteration

bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām |

vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

For those who are attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are drawn away by such teaching, ï1thatï1 determinate reason is not formed which is steadily bent on meditation and Samadhi (superconscious state).

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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

The three-verse sentence concludes. For those attached to enjoyment and power, whose minds are carried off by such promises, the resolute understanding does not take root in samādhi, deep and settled concentration. The verse completes the contrast begun a few verses earlier. A mind drawn constantly toward rewards cannot become still and decided. The Gita does not condemn the desire for good things as wicked; it observes that such desire, when it rules the mind, prevents the steadiness the teaching aims at.

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08