Verse 18.33

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18.33:

धृत्या यया धारयते मनः-प्राणेन्द्रिय-क्रियाः ।
योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ ३३ ॥

dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ |
yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī || 33 ||

dhṛtyā–by determining; yayā–which; dhārayate–sustains; manaḥ–of the mind; prāṇa–life energy; indriya–and senses; kriyāḥ–the activities; yogena–through the practice of yoga; avyabhicāriṇyā–through undeviating; dhṛtiḥ–determination; sā–that; pārtha–O son of Pṛthā; sāttvikī–governed by the quality of goodness.

O Pārtha, the unswerving determination that is attained by the practice of yoga, by which a person controls the functions of his mind, life energy and senses, is governed by the quality of goodness.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Now Śrī Bhagavān is describing the three types of determination, or fortitude (dhṛti).