Bhagavad Gita · 18.37
॥
Devanāgarī
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam |
tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasādajam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत् तत् अग्रेyat tat agrethat which at first.
विषम् इवviṣam ivalike poison.
परिणामेpariṇāmein the end, in the result.
अमृतोपमम्amṛta-upamamlike nectar.
तत् सुखम्tat sukhamthat happiness.
सात्त्विकम्sāttvikamin the mode of goodness.
प्रोक्तम्proktamis called.
आत्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्ātma-buddhi-prasādajamborn (jam) of the clarity (prasāda) of intelligence (buddhi) directed toward the soul (ātma).
Translation
“That which at first seems like poison but in the end becomes like nectar, and which is born of the clarity of intelligence directed toward the soul — such happiness is called happiness in the mode of goodness.”
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