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Bhagavad Gītā 18.29

BG 18.29

बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय

buddher bhedaṁ dhṛiteśh chaiva guṇatas tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu prochyamānam aśheṣheṇa pṛithaktvena dhanañjaya

Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the quality that is dominant. I will explain them fully and separately, O Arjuna!

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

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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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 18.29, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/18.29), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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