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BG 18.36 — 18.36 And now hear from Me, O Arjuna, of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices by practice and surely comes to the end of pain. | Live Gita
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सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ |
अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ||१८-३६||

sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha . abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati ||18-36||


।।18.36।। हे भरतश्रेष्ठ ! अब तुम त्रिविध सुख को मुझसे सुनो, जिसमें (साधक पुरुष) अभ्यास से रमता है और दु:खों के अन्त को प्राप्त होता है (जहाँ उसके दु:खों का अन्त हो जाता है।)।।

Word-by-word meanings

18.36 सुखम् pleasure? तु indeed? इदानीम् now? त्रिविधम् threefold? श्रृणु hear? मे of Me? भरतर्षभ O lord of the Bharatas? अभ्यासात् from practice? रमते rejoices? यत्र in which? दुःखान्तम् the end of pain? च and? निगच्छति (he) attains to.Commentary A little of this pleasure experienced by the Self must result in the cessation of pain. This pleasure is threefold in its nature and I will describe its aspects in turn? O Arjuna. (Cf.VI.20?30).

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।18.36।।गुणभेदके अनुसार क्रियाओं और कारकोंके तीनतीन प्रकारके भेद कहे अब फलस्वरूप सुखके तीन तरहके भेद कहे जाते हैं --, हे भरतर्षभ अब तू मुझसे तीन तरहके सुखको भी सुन? अर्थात् सुननेके लिये चित्तको समाहित कर। जिस सुखमें मनुष्य अभ्याससे रमता है अर्थात् जिस सुखके अनुभवमें बारम्बार आवृत्ति करनेसे मनुष्यका प्रेम हुआ करता है और जहाँ मनुष्य ( अपने ) दुःखोंका अन्त पाता है अर्थात् जहाँ उसके सारे दुःखोंकी निःसन्देह निवृत्ति हो जाया करती है।

Swami Gambirananda

18.36 Now hear from Me, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, as regards the three kinds of joy: That in which one delights owing to habit, and certainly attains the cessation of sorrows; [S. and S.S. take the second line of this verse along with the next verse referring to sattvika happiness.-Tr.]

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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