Sanskrit · Devanagari
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्। तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O 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
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.37।। --,यत् तत् सुखम् अग्रे पूर्वं प्रथमसंनिपाते ज्ञानवैराग्यध्यानसमाध्यारम्भे अत्यन्तायासपूर्वकत्वात् विषमिव दुःखात्मकं भवति? परिणामे ज्ञानवैराग्यादिपरिपाकजं सुखम् अमृतोपमम्? तत् सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तं विद्वद्भिः? आत्मनः बुद्धिः आत्मबुद्धिः? आत्मबुद्धेः प्रसादः नैर्मल्यं सलिलस्य इव स्वच्छता? ततः जातं आत्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्। आत्मविषया वा आत्मावलम्बना वा बुद्धिः आत्मबुद्धिः? तत्प्रसादप्रकर्षाद्वा जातमित्येतत्। तस्मात् सात्त्विकं तत्।।
5ea7c7b7229b…Rāmānuja
18.37 That pleasure, which 'at the beginning,' i.e., at the time of beginning of Yoga, is 'like poison,' i.e., is painful because it reires strenuous efforts and because the distinct nature of the self is not yet experienced, but which after long practice fructifies in the blissful experience of the self - that joy born of a serene state of mind 'focusing on the self' is Sattvika. The Buddhi concerning the self is 'Atama-buddhi.' When all objects are withdrawn from that Buddhi it becomes serene (Prasanna). The joy born of the experience of the self in its distinct nature, when all objects are withdrawn from the Buddhi, becomes 'like elixir'. That joy is said to be Sattvika.
458efe1780f5…Swami Sivananda
18.37 यत् which? तत् that? अग्रे at first? विषम् poison? इव like? परिणामे in the end? अमृतोपमम् like nectar? तत् that? सुखम् pleasure? सात्त्विकम् Sattvic? प्रोक्तम् is declared (to be)? आत्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् born of the purity of ones own mind due to Selfrealisation.Commentary Agree vishma iva In the beginning it is attended with much pain as one has to abandon the sensual objects and comforts and practise severe austerities and rigorous Sadhana. He has to undergo a severe ordeal when he practises Yama? Niyama? Tapas and various other vows. He has to cultivate dispassion or indifference to sensual pleasures. This gives him much pain at first. The practice of concentration and meditation also gives pain the beginning. Subjugation of the senses is also very troublesome. Nux vomica is very bitter. One feels much discomfort when he takes a mixture that contains nux vomica. But he derives much pleasure in the end when he gets vigour and good appetite and when his dyspepsia is cured. Even so the aspirant drinks the nectar of immortality in the end? attains the highest knowledge? rejoices in the,Self to his hearts content and enjoys supreme peace and eternal bliss.Proktam It is declared by the wise.Atmabuddhiprasadajam Born as purity of ones own intellect or born of the direct? perfect and clear knowledge of Brahman or the immortal? selfluminous? eternal and supreme Self or the Absolute. The individual self experiences Sattvic happiness when it realises union with the highest Self.The pleasure so born is Sattvic. (Cf.VI.1?2)
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