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Chapter 18 · Verse 38The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.38

BG 18.38 — Chapter 18 (The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation), Verse 38, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् | परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||

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viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam . pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||18-38||

Roman: vishayendriyasamyogadyattadagre.amrtopamam . pariname vishamiva tatsukham rajasam smrtam

That happiness which arises from the contact of the sense-organs with the objects, which is at first like nectar, and in the end like poison that is declared to be Rajasic.