Devanagari
धृत्या यया धारयते मन:प्राणेन्द्रियक्रिया: ।
योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृति: सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ ३३ ॥
Verse text
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate
manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ
yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā
dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
Synonyms
dhṛtyā
—
determination
;
yayā
—
by which
;
dhārayate
—
one sustains
;
manaḥ
—
of the mind
;
prāṇa
—
life
;
indriya
—
and senses
;
kriyāḥ
—
the activities
;
yogena
—
by yoga practice
;
avyabhicāriṇyā
—
without any break
;
dhṛtiḥ
—
determination
;
sā
—
that
;
pārtha
—
O son of Pṛthā
;
sāttvikī
—
in the mode of goodness.
Translation
O son of Pṛthā, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
33. Determination by which one restrains the activities of the mind, life airs and senses, using unswerving concentration of mind, is in the mode of sattva.
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
33. Determination by which one engages the mind, life airs and senses in activities of yoga, using unswerving concentration of mind on the Lord, is in the mode of sattva.
Purport
Yoga is a means to understand the Supreme Soul. One who is steadily fixed in the Supreme Soul with determination, concentrating one’s mind, life and sensory activities on the Supreme, engages in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That sort of determination is in the mode of goodness. The word avyabhicāriṇyā is very significant, for it indicates that persons who are engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are never deviated by any other activity.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Three types of determination are now described.
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
Three verses now describe determination in the three modes. That determination is in the mode of goodness by which a person continues to engage the mind, prāṇas and senses in activities of yoga. What type of yoga is it? It is contemplating the Supreme Lord, without accepting any other object (yogena avyabhicāriṇyā).