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 of the life breaths and of the sense-organs, that firmness, O Pârtha, is pure.

But the firmness, O Arjuna, by which, from attachment desirous of fruit, one holdeth fast duty, desire and wealth, that firmness, O Pârtha, is passionate.

That by which one from stupidity doth not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and also vanity, that firmness, O Pârtha, is dark.

And now the threefold kinds of pleasure hear