Bhagavad Gita 18.37
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।
yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| yat | yat | that which |
| tat | tat | that |
| agre | agre | in the beginning |
| viṣam iva | viṣam iva | like poison |
| pariṇāme | pariṇāme | at the end |
| amṛta | amṛta | nectar |
| upamam | upamam | compared to |
| tat | tat | that |
| sukham | sukham | happiness |
| sāttvikam | sāttvikam | in the mode of goodness |
| proktam | proktam | is said |
| ātma | ātma | self |
| buddhi | buddhi | intelligence |
| prasāda-jam | prasāda-jam | satisfactory. |
That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared to be sattvic, born of the purity of one's own mind due to self-realization.
जो सुख प्रथम (प्रारम्भ में) विष के समान (भासता) है, परन्तु परिणाम में अमृत के समान है, वह आत्मबुद्धि के प्रसाद से उत्पन्न सुख सात्त्विक कहा गया है।।