BG 18.39

The pleasure which deludes the self and arises from sleep, laziness, and inadvertence, is born of ignorance.

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्

yad — which
agre — from beginning
chānubandhe — and to end
- cha — and
- anubandhe — to end
cha — and
sukhaṁ — happiness
mohanam — illusory
ātmanaḥ — of the self
nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ — derived from sleep, indolence, and negligence
nidrā—sleep; ālasya—indolence; pramāda—negligence; uttham—derived from
- nidrālasya
- pramādotthaṁ
tat — that
tāmasam — of the quality of ignorance
udāhṛitam — is said to be

Now, Arjuna, hear further of the threefold division of pleasure.

[36]

That pleasure in a serene mind which starts like a poison and transforms into a nectar is said to be born of purity.

[37]

The pleasure from the contact of the senses with the sense objects, which starts as nectar and ends as poison, is born of passion.

[38]

The pleasure which deludes the self and arises from sleep, laziness, and inadvertence, is born of ignorance.

[39]

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