Gita Verse 18.37

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 37

Sanskrit Verse

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।

Transliteration

yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme ‘mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam

Word meanings

yat—that which; tat—that; agre—in the beginning; viṣam iva—like poison; pariṇāme—at the end; amṛta—nectar; upamam—compared to; tat—that; sukham—happiness; sāttvikam—in the mode of goodness; proktam—is said; ātma—self; buddhi—intelligence; prasāda-jam—satisfactory.

Swami Sivananda's translation

That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared to be sattvic, born of the purity of one’s own mind due to self-realization.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18