Verse 29

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In plain words

Now hear, Dhananjaya, the threefold distinction of buddhi and firmness according to the guṇas, explained fully and separately.

Word for word

Hear the threefold division of buddhi and also of firmness, according to the guṇas, being declared fully and separately, O Dhanañjaya.

Sri Satchitananda Sai
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Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· bhāṣya

बुद्धेः भेदं धृतेश्चैव भेदं गुणतः सत्त्वादिगुणतः त्रिविधं शृणु इति सूत्रोपन्यासः । प्रोच्यमानं कथ्यमानम् अशेषेण निरवशेषतः यथावत् पृथक्त्वेन विवेकतः धनञ्जय, दिग्विजये मानुषं दैवं च प्रभूतं धनं जितवान् , तेन असौ धनञ्जयः अर्जुनः ॥ २९ ॥

In plain words

"Hear now the division of buddhi, and the division of dhṛti as well — threefold, according to guṇa." That is, according to the guṇas beginning with sattva. This half-verse sets down the heading; what follows fills it in. "Being declared" means being spoken; "without remainder" means nothing left out; "as it is" means each kind set out on its own, sorted by viveka. And "Dhanañjaya": on his campaign across the four quarters he won wealth in abundance, from men and from gods alike — which is why he is Dhanañjaya, the winner of wealth, Arjuna.

Close to the Sanskrit

"Hear the division of buddhi and likewise the division of dhṛti, threefold according to guṇa" — according to the guṇas beginning with sattva — this is the laying down of the heading. "Being declared" — being spoken; "without remainder" — exhaustively; "as it is" — separately, by discrimination. "Dhanañjaya": in the conquest of the quarters he won abundant wealth, human and divine; by that, he is Dhanañjaya, Arjuna.