Bhagavad Gita · 18.38
॥
Devanāgarī
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् ।
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
viṣayendriya-saṁyogād yat tad agre 'mṛtopamam |
pariṇāme viṣam iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगात्viṣaya-indriya-saṁyogātfrom the union (saṁyogāt) of the objects (viṣaya) and the senses (indriya).
यत् तत् अग्रेyat tat agrethat which at first.
अमृतोपमम्amṛta-upamamlike nectar.
परिणामेpariṇāmein the end.
विषम् इवviṣam ivalike poison.
तत् सुखम्tat sukhamthat happiness.
राजसम्rājasamin the mode of passion.
स्मृतम्smṛtamis considered.
Translation
“That happiness which is born of the contact of the senses with their objects, which at first seems like nectar but in the end turns to poison, is considered happiness in the mode of passion.”
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