Verse 18.37
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥
Transliteration
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam |
tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
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-realisation.
From the owner's sheet · +1 more
which is like poison at first but like nectar in the end, born of the clarity of one's own understanding, that happiness is called sattvic.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Sattvic happiness is like poison at first but like nectar in the end. It is born of the clarity of one's own understanding, or of the serenity of the self. The image captures the experience of discipline: self-restraint and study may feel bitter at first, yet they lead to deep and lasting joy. Some readers take the self here as the true self (ātman), others as one's own mind. Either way, this happiness grows from within rather than from outside stimulation.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08