yayÄ tu dharma-kÄmÄrthÄn
dhá¹›tyÄ dhÄrayate ’rjuna
prasaá¹…gena phalÄkÄá¹…kṣī
dhá¹›tiḥ sÄ pÄrtha rÄjasÄ«

yaya--by which; tu--but; dharma-kama-arthan--for religiosity and economic development; dhrtya--by determination; dharayate--in such terms; arjuna--O Arjuna; prasangena--for that; phala-akanksi--desiring fruitive results; dhrtih--determination; sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; rajasi--in the mode of passion.


Text

And that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive result in religion, economic development and sense gratification is of the nature of passion, O Arjuna.

Purport
Any person who is always desirous of fruitive results in religious or economic activities, whose only desire is sense gratification, and whose mind, life and senses are thus engaged, is in the mode of passion.