Bhagavad Gita 18.36 Meaning: Sukham tvidanim trividham

Bhagavad Gita 18.36

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ॥

Sukham tvidanim trividham shrinu me bharatarshabhaAbhyasadramate yatra duhkhantam cha nigachchhati

sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha |abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati ||

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Our explanation Krishna turns to happiness. He asks Arjuna to hear about its three kinds: the happiness in which one comes to delight through practice, and in which sorrow comes to an end.

हिंदी अर्थ अब कृष्ण सुख की बात करते हैं। वे अर्जुन से तीन प्रकार के सुख के बारे में सुनने को कहते हैं: वह सुख जिसमें व्यक्ति अभ्यास से रमता है और जिसमें दुःख का अंत होता है।

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सुखम् sukham · happiness (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1221, col. 1 “ease, easiness, comfort, prosperity, pleasure, happiness”
तु tu · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
इदानीम् idānīm · now (indeclinable) Dictionary: i-dānīm, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 3 “now, at this moment”
त्रिविधम् trividham · threefold (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tri-vidha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 460, col. 2 “of 3 kinds, triple, threefold”
शृणु śṛṇu · hear (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. śru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1100, col. 3 “to hear, listen or attend to anything”
मे me · from "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
भरतर्षभ bharatarṣabha · O best of the Bharatas (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: bharata-ṛṣabha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 3 “the best or a prince (lit. ‘bull’) of the Bh°s”
अभ्यासात् abhyāsāt · by practice (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: 2. abhy-āsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 76, col. 3 “repeated or permanent exercise”
रमते ramate · one delights (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ram, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “to be glad or pleased, rejoice at, delight in, be fond of (loc., instr. or inf.)”
यत्र yatra · in which (indeclinable) Dictionary: yatra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 841, col. 2 “in or to which place, where, wherein, wherever”
दुःखान्तम् duḥkhāntam · the end of sorrow (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. duḥkha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 483, col. 2 “uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, difficulty”; anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
निगच्छति nigacchati · reaches (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ni-gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 545, col. 3 “to enter, resort to, undergo, incur, become”

Not at once, as in the case of sensuous pleasures. ↩

Cf. p. 51. The original has also been rendered by 'tranquillity of one's own mind.' ↩

Not at once, as in the case of sensuous pleasures. ↩

Cf. p. 51. The original has also been rendered by 'tranquillity of one's own mind.' ↩

Bhagavad Gita 18.36: meaning and translation

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