Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 38

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 38

    विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamam pariṇāme viṣham iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛitam

    Translation

    That pleasure which arises from the contact of senses with their objects, which is like elixir at first but like poison in the end, is said to be Rajasic.
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