विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् |
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||
viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam . pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||18-38||
।।18.38।। जो सुख विषयों और इन्द्रियों के संयोग से उत्पन्न होता है, वह प्रथम तो अमृत के समान, परन्तु परिणाम में विष तुल्य होता है, वह सुख राजस कहा गया है।।
18.38 विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगात् from the contact of the senseorgans with the objects? यत् which? तत् that? अग्रे at first? अमृतोपमम् like nectar? परिणामे in the end? विषम् poison? इव like? तत् that? सुखम् pleasure? राजसम् Rajasic? स्मृतम् is declared.Commentary Sensual pleasure is mixed with pain? fear and sin. A small grain of sensual pleasure is mixed with a mountain of pain. He who indulges in sensual pleasures will have to experience pain also? side by side. He is afraid of losing the objects tha
Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.
।।18.38।।जो सुख विषय और इन्द्रियोंके संयोगसे उत्पन्न होता है? वह पहले -- प्रथम क्षणमें? अमृतके सदृश होता है? परंतु परिणाममें विषके समान है। अभिप्राय यह है कि बल? वीर्य? रूप? बुद्धि? मेधा? धन और उत्साहकी हानिका कारण होनेसे? तथा अधर्म और उससे उत्पन्न नरकादिका हेतु होनेसे? वह परिणाममें -- अपने उपभोगका अन्त होनेके पश्चात्? विषके सदृश होता है अतः ऐसा सुख राजस माना गया है।
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18.38 That joy is referred to as born of rajas which, arising from the contact of the organs and (their) objects, is like nectar in the beginning, but like poison at the end.
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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