BG 18.37
That pleasure in a serene mind which starts like a poison and transforms into a nectar is said to be born of purity.
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्
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yat — which
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tad — that
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agre — at first
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viṣam iva — like poison
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pariṇāme — in the end
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'mṛtopamam — like nectar
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amṛta — nectar
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upamam — compared to
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tat — that
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sukhaṁ — happiness
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sāttvikaṁ — having the quality of purity
Of the three modes of material nature (gunas), Sattva is characterized by purity and goodness -
proktam — is said to be
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ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam — self-knowledge from serenity
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ātma — inner self
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buddhi — intellect
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prasāda — serenity, mercy
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jam — from
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Now, Arjuna, hear further of the threefold division of pleasure. That pleasure in a serene mind which starts like a poison and transforms into a nectar is said to be born of purity. The pleasure from the contact of the senses with the sense objects, which starts as nectar and ends as poison, is born of passion. The pleasure which deludes the self and arises from sleep, laziness, and inadvertence, is born of ignorance.
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