Verse 18.39
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
Transliteration
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ |
nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
That happiness which at first as well as in the seel deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence and heedlessness that is declared to be Tamasic.
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The happiness that deludes the self both at first and in its outcome, arising from sleep, sloth and heedlessness, is called tamasic.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Tamasic happiness deludes the self both at the beginning and in the end. It comes from sleep, laziness and carelessness. This is the comfort of dullness, which offers neither real joy now nor any good later. The verse completes the threefold picture of happiness and also the long series of classifications begun earlier in the chapter. Across all of them, sattva is presented as the quality that best supports the journey toward freedom.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08