यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् । तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥ ३७ ॥
yat tad agre viṣham iva pariṇāme ’mṛitopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam
Translation
that which is like poison at first but like nectar in the end, born of the clarity of one's own mind: that happiness is called sattvic.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
जो सुख आरंभ में विष के समान लगता है, परंतु परिणाम में अमृत के समान है, और आत्मा-बुद्धि की प्रसन्नता से उत्पन्न होता है, वह सुख सात्त्विक कहा गया है।
Commentary
This is one of the best-known lines of the Gita: "poison at first, nectar in the end." Discipline, study, exercise, honesty and self-restraint are all hard at the start and deeply rewarding later. Sattvic happiness is born of prasada, clarity of mind, not of outside stimulation.
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