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

Hear now, Dhananjaya, the threefold division of understanding and of steadiness according to the qualities, explained fully and one by one.

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.