Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 36

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।

sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu me bharatarṣhabha abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaṁ cha nigachchhati yat tad agre viṣham iva pariṇāme ‘mṛitopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam

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Word Meanings

sukham—happiness

tu—but

idānīm—now

tri-vidham—of three kinds

śhṛiṇu—hear

me—from me

bharata-ṛiṣhabha—Arjun, the best of the Bharatas

abhyāsāt—by practice

ramate—rejoices

yatra—in which

duḥkha-antam—end of all suffering

cha—and

nigachchhati—reaches yat—which

tat—that

agre—at first

viṣham iva—like poison

pariṇāme—in the end

amṛita-upamam—like nectar

tat—that

sukham—happiness

sāttvikam—in the mode of goodness

proktam—is said to be

ātma-buddhi—situated in self-knowledge

prasāda-jam—generated by the pure intellect

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Translation

And now, O Arjuna, hear from Me of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices through practice and surely comes to the end of pain.

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Commentary

18.36 सुखम् pleasure? तु indeed? इदानीम् now? त्रिविधम् threefold? श्रृणु hear? मे of Me? भरतर्षभ O lord of the Bharatas? अभ्यासात् from practice? रमते rejoices? यत्र in which? दुःखान्तम् the end of pain? च and? निगच्छति (he) attains to.Commentary A little of this pleasure experienced by the Self must result in the cessation of pain. This pleasure is threefold in its nature and I will describe its aspects in turn? O Arjuna. (Cf.VI.20?30).

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