18.38 विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्
viṣay
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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.
18.40 न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः
na tad
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na—no;tat—that;asti—exists;pṛithivyām—on earth;vā—or;divi—the higher celestial abodes;deveṣhu—amongst the celestial gods;vā—or;punaḥ—again;sattvam—existence;prakṛiti-jaiḥ—born of material nature;muktam—liberated;yat—that;ebhiḥ—from the influence of these;syāt—is;tribhiḥ—three;guṇaiḥ—modes of material nature
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whether on earth or among the gods in heaven, there is not a single being that is free from these three strands born of material nature.
There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature.
There is no creature, either on earth or again among the gods in heaven, that is free from these three Gunas born of Prakrti.
There is no such entity in the world or, again, among the gods in heaven, which can be free from these three gunas born of Nature.
There is no being on earth or again in heaven among the gods that is liberated from the three qualities born of Nature.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.39 यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्
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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.
