BG 18.34
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥
yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate ’rjuna
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; arjuna — O Arjuna; dhṛtyā — that determination; tu — however; yayā — by which; dhārayate — one holds fast; dharma — to duty; kāma — to worldly enjoyments; arthān — [and] to wealth; phala-ākāṅkṣī — desiring the fruits of action; prasaṅgena — with great attachment; sā — that; dhṛtiḥ — determination; rājasī — [is] rājasika.
Translation
O son of Pṛthā, O Arjuna, that determination, however, by which a person holds fast to duty (dharma), to worldly enjoyments, and to wealth, desiring the fruits of his action with great attachment, is rājasika.