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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 44 (2.44) means: For those caught up in pleasure and power, whose minds are carried away by such talk, the steady, single-pointed mind never takes hold.
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्। व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
bhogaiśwvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛita-chetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate
For those caught up in pleasure and power, whose minds are carried away by such talk, the steady, single-pointed mind never takes hold.
जो सुख और शक्ति में उलझे हैं, जिनका मन ऐसी बातों में बह जाता है, उनमें वह स्थिर, एकाग्र मन कभी नहीं ठहरता।
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It is verse 44 of Chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 72 verses in total.
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