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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः |
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-३९||
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ . nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||18-39||
That happiness which at first as well as in the sequel deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence and heedlessness that is declared to be Tamasic.
In simple words
Krishna describes dark happiness: "The happiness that is delusional from beginning to end — the kind that comes from too much sleep, laziness, and carelessness — that is dark happiness."
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