बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं शृणु ।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय ॥
buddher bhedaṃ dhṛteś caiva guṇatas trividhaṃ śṛṇu |procyamānam aśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya ||
- बुद्धेः · buddheḥ
- of understanding, intellect
- भेदम् · bhedam
- the distinction
- धृतेः · dhṛteḥ
- of resolve, fortitude
- गुणतः · guṇataḥ
- according to the guṇas
- त्रिविधम् · trividham
- threefold
- शृणु · śṛṇu
- hear
- प्रोच्यमानम् · procyamānam
- as it is declared
- अशेषेण · aśeṣeṇa
- fully, without remainder
- पृथक्त्वेन · pṛthaktvena
- in detail, distinctly
- धनञ्जय · dhanañjaya
- O Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
“Hear now, O Dhananjaya, the threefold distinction of understanding and of resolve according to the guṇas, as I declare it fully and in detail.”
— Original plain-language translation
Having graded knowledge, action, and doer, Krishna turns to the inner faculties: buddhi (discernment) and dhṛti (the resolve that holds us steady). Judgment and willpower too come in three grades. The promise 'fully' signals careful definitions ahead.
— Reader's notes (original)