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सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ । अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति॥६-४०-३६॥
Now hear from me, O best of the Bharatas, the threefold happiness—wherein one delights through disciplined practice and also comes to the cessation of suffering.
english translation
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् । तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्॥६-४०-३७॥
That happiness which at first is like poison but in its outcome resembles nectar—such happiness is said to be sāttvic, arising from the clarity of one’s self-directed understanding.
english translation
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् । परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्॥६-४०-३८॥
That happiness which arises from the conjunction of the sense-faculties with their objects, which at first resembles nectar but in its outcome is like poison—such happiness is remembered as rājasic.
english translation
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः । निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्॥६-४०-३९॥
That happiness which is delusive for the self both at the beginning and in its continuation, arising from sleep, indolence, and negligence—this is declared to be tāmasic.
english translation
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः । सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः॥६-४०-४०॥
There is no being on earth, nor again among the gods in heaven, that is free from these three guṇas born of prakṛti.
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