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Bhagavad Gita 2.44

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्। व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।

bhogaiśwvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛita-chetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
bhogabhogagratification
aiśhwaryaaiśhwaryaluxury
prasaktānāmprasaktānāmwhose minds are deeply attached
tayātayāby that
apahṛita-chetasāmapahṛita-chetasāmbewildered in intellect
vyavasāya-ātmikāvyavasāya-ātmikāresolute
buddhiḥbuddhiḥintellect
samādhausamādhaufulfilment
nananever
vidhīyatevidhīyateoccurs

For those who are attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are drawn away by such teachings, their determinate reason is not formed which is steadily bent on meditation and Samadhi (superconscious state).

उससे जिनका चित्त हर लिया गया है ऐसे भोग और एश्र्वर्य‌ मॆ आसक्ति रखने वाले पुरुषों के अन्तकरण मे निश्चयात्मक् बुद्धि नही हॊती अर्थात वे ध्यान का अभ्यास करने योग्य‌ नही होते।