Chapter 18, Verse 38
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्। परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre'mṛtopamam. pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam.।18.38.।
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- विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगात्
- from the contact/union of the senses with their objects
- यत्
- which (happiness)
- तत्
- that
- अग्रे
- in the beginning
- अमृतोपमम्
- resembling nectar/ambrosia
- परिणामे
- in its result/at the end
- विषम् इव
- like poison
- तत्
- that
- सुखम्
- happiness
- राजसम्
- belonging to the mode of rajas (passion)
- स्मृतम्
- is declared/considered (to be)
Commentary
38. That pleasure which arises from the contract of the sense-organ with the object, at first like nectar* in the end like poison, that is declared to be Rajasic.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगात्
यत्
तत्
अग्रे
अमृतोपमम्
परिणामे
विषम् इव
तत्
सुखम्
राजसम्
स्मृतम्
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