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Bhagavad Gita 18.39

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।

yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yatyatwhich
agreagrefrom beginning
chachaand
anubandheanubandheto end
chachaand
sukhamsukhamhappiness
mohanammohanamillusory
ātmanaḥātmanaḥof the self
nidrānidrāsleep
ālasyaālasyaindolence
pramādapramādanegligence
utthamutthamderived from
tattatthat
tāmasamtāmasamin the mode of ignorance
udāhṛitamudāhṛitamis said to be

That happiness which at first, as well as in the end, deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence, and heedlessness—that is declared to be Tamasic.

जो सुख प्रारम्भ में और परिणाम (अनुबन्ध) में भी आत्मा (मनुष्य) को मोहित करने वाला होता है, वह निद्रा, आलस्य और प्रमाद से उत्पन्न सुख तामस कहा जाता है।।