Bhagavad Gita 18.37 Meaning: Yattadagre vishamiva

Bhagavad Gita 18.37

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥

Yattadagre vishamiva parinamemritopamamTatsukham sattvikam proktamatmabuddhiprasadajam

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme’mṛtopamam |tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that the happiness which is like poison at first and like nectar in the end, born of a clear understanding of the self, is called happiness of the nature of sattva.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो सुख आरंभ में विष जैसा और अंत में अमृत जैसा होता है, और आत्मा को जानने वाली बुद्धि की निर्मलता से उत्पन्न होता है, वह सात्त्विक कहा गया है।

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यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
अग्रे agre · at first (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: agra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 6, col. 2 “in front, ahead of, in the beginning, first”
विषम् viṣam · poison (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: viṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 995, col. 3 “poison, venom, bane, anything actively pernicious”
इव iva · like (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3 “like, in the same manner as”
परिणामे pariṇāme · in the end (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: pari-ṇāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 594, col. 3 “result, consequence, issue, end”
अमृतोपमम् amṛtopamam · like nectar (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-mṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 82, col. 2 “the nectar (conferring immortality, produced at the churning of the ocean), ambrosia”; 3. upa-mā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 203, col. 3 “(mfn. ifc.) equal, similar, resembling, like”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
सुखम् sukham · happiness (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1221, col. 1 “ease, easiness, comfort, prosperity, pleasure, happiness”
सात्त्विकम् sāttvikam · of sattva (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: sāttvika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1200, col. 1 “relating to or endowed with the quality Sattva (i.e. ‘purity’ or ‘goodness’)”
प्रोक्तम् proktam · is called (past participle (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: prokta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 690, col. 2 “called, declared, said”
आत्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ātmabuddhiprasādajam · born of the clearness of one's own mind (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “is used as reflexive pronoun for all three persons and all three genders”; buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 “intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment”; pra-sāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 696, col. 3 “clearness, brightness, pellucidness, purity”; 2. ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 407, col. 3 “ifc. born or descended from, produced or caused by”

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