[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.44 · spoken by Krishna ]
Attachment steals the mind. A stolen mind cannot resolve.
For those deeply attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are carried away by such longing — the resolute intellect is not established in samadhi.
SANSKRIT
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् । व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥२-४४॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The resolute intellect cannot plant its roots in a mind already claimed by pleasure and power. You cannot serve two masters. Loosen the grip first. Then the buddhi can settle.”
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