# Bhagavad Gita 18.37

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.37`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥

## IAST

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam
tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

O chief of the descendants of Bharata! bear from me about the three sorts of happiness. That happiness is called good in which one is pleased after repetition (of enjoyment) and reaches the close of all misery which is like poison first and comparable to nectar in the long run and which is produced from a clear knowledge of the self. That happiness is called passionate

Review status: machine-aligned; two human reviews pending.

SHA-256: `54f6d637a7a65c4674498d1157188618bb59cd6598c2ffb98c32587e365ec46b`