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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 44

Bhagavad Gita: Verse 2.44

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् ।
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥ २-४४॥


bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate


Meaning:

For, those who cling to joy and Lordship, whose minds are drawn away by such teaching, are neither determinate and resolute nor are they fit for steady meditation and SAMADHI.


bhoga = to material enjoyment; aiśvarya = and opulence; prasaktānāṃ = for those who are attached; tayā = by such things; apahṛtacetasāṃ = bewildered in mind; vyavasāyātmikā = fixed in determination; buddhiḥ = devotional service to the Lord; samādhau = in the controlled mind; na = never; vidhīyate = does take place.;


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