Bhagavad-gītā 18.39
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यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।
yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam
While the pleasure that drugs the senses from start to finish, which springs from indolence, lethargy, and folly:that pleasure flows from Ignorance.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| yat | which |
| agre | from beginning |
| cha | and |
| anubandhe | to end |
| cha | and |
| sukham | happiness |
| mohanam | illusory |
| ātmanaḥ | of the self |
| nidrā | sleep |
| ālasya | indolence |
| pramāda | negligence |
| uttham | derived from |
| tat | that |
| tāmasam | in the mode of ignorance |
| udāhṛitam | is said to be |
Anubandhe In the conseence after the termination. The pleasure that is begotten by evil habits like drinking liors and eating worthless things is delusive of the self.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Follow the great recapitulation through renunciation, action, knowledge, duty, devotion, refuge and Sañjaya’s conclusion.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaThat joy is said to be born of tamas, which, both in the beginning and in the end, is delusive to oneself and arises from sleep, laziness, and inadvertence.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaThat pleasure which, at the beginning and end, deludes the self, through sleep, sloth, and error, is declared to be tamasic.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaAnubandhe In the conseence after the termination. The pleasure that is begotten by evil habits like drinking liors and eating worthless things is delusive of the self.
These are concise, attributed reading witnesses from identified editions. They are presented for comparison and are not merged into one anonymous interpretation.
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While the pleasure that drugs the senses from start to finish, which springs from indolence, lethargy
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that pleasure flows from Ignorance
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