18.37 यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्
yat
Word meanings
yat—which;tat—that;agre—at first;viṣham iva—like poison;pariṇāme—in the end;amṛita-upamam—like nectar;tat—that;sukham—happiness;sāttvikam—in the mode of goodness;proktam—is said to be;ātma-buddhi—situated in self-knowledge;prasāda-jam—generated by the pure intellect
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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[The happiness] which is like poison in the moment but is like nectar in the result—that happiness, born of serenity of the soul and intellect, you must know to be of the sattva (strand).
Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom.
That which is like a poison at first but becomes like elixir in the end, born from the serene state of mind focusing on the self - such pleasure is said to be Sattvika.
That which is like poison in the beginning, but comparable to nectar in the end, and which, arises from the purity of one's intellect-that joy is spoken of as born of sattva.
That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar–that pleasure is declared to be Sattwic, born of the purity of one’s own mind due to Self-realisation.
18.39 यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्
yad
Word meanings
yat—which;agre—from beginning;cha—and;anubandhe—to end;cha—and;sukham—happiness;mohanam—illusory;ātmanaḥ—of the self;nidrā—sleep;ālasya—indolence;pramāda—negligence;uttham—derived from;tat—that;tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance;udāhṛitam—is said to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The happiness that, both initially and subsequently, is of the nature of deluding the Self; and which results from sleep, indolence, and heedlessness—that is stated to be of the Tamas (Strand).
While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from indolence, lethargy and folly - that pleasure flows from Ignorance.
That pleasure which, at the beginning and at the end, deludes the self, through sleep, sloth and error - is declared to be Tamasika.
That joy is said to be born of tamas which, both in the beginning and in the sequel, is delusive to oneself and arises from sleep, laziness and inadvertence.
That pleasure which at first and in the sequel is delusive of the self, arising from sleep, indolence and heedlessness–such a pleasure is declared to be Tamasic.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.38 विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्
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viṣhaya—with the sense objects;indriya—the senses;sanyogāt—from the contact;yat—which;tat—that;agre—at first;amṛita-upamam—like nectar;pariṇāme—at the end;viṣham iva—like poison;tat—that;sukham—happiness;rājasam—in the mode of passion;smṛitam—is said to be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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[The happiness] which is like nectar at its due time due to the contact between the senses and sense-objects; but which is like poison at the time of its result—that is considered to be of the Rajas (Strand).
That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion.
That pleasure which arises from the contact of senses with their objects, which is like elixir at first but like poison in the end, is said to be Rajasika.
That joy is referred to as born of rajas which, arising from the contact of the organs and (their) objects, is like nectar in the beginning, but like poison at the end.
That pleasure which arises from the contact of the sense-organs with the objects, which is at first like nectar and in the end like poison–that is declared to be Rajasic.
