BG 18.33

धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः ।
योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ
yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  avyabhicāriṇyā — the unswerving;  dhṛtyā — determination;  yayā — by which;  dhārayate — one maintains;  kriyāḥ — the functions;  manaḥ — [of] the mind;  prāṇa — the vital force;  indriya — [and] the senses;  yogena — through mental fixity;  sā — that;  dhṛtiḥ — determination;  sāttvikī — [is] sāttvika.

Translation

O Arjuna, the unswerving determination by which one maintains the functions of the mind, the vital force, and the senses through mental fixity is sāttvika.

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