Word meanings
- yat
- that which
- tat
- that
- agre
- in the beginning
- viṣam iva
- like poison
- pariṇāme
- at the end
- amṛta
- nectar
- upamam
- compared to
- tat
- that
- sukham
- happiness
- sāttvikam
- in the mode of goodness
- proktam
- is said
- ātma
- self
- buddhi
- intelligence
- prasāda-jam
- satisfactory.
Translations
That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared to be sattvic, born of the purity of one's own mind due to self-realization.
Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar—that pleasure is pure, for it is born of wisdom.
That which is like poison in the beginning, but is likened to nectar in the end, and which arises from the purity of one's intellect—that joy is spoken of as born of sattva.
हे भरतवंशियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! अब तीन प्रकारके सुखको भी तुम मेरेसे सुनो। जिसमें अभ्याससे रमण होता है और जिससे दुःखोंका अन्त हो जाता है, ऐसा वह परमात्मविषयक बुद्धिकी प्रसन्नतासे पैदा होनेवाला जो सुख (सांसारिक आसक्तिके कारण) आरम्भमें विषकी तरह और परिणाममें अमृतकी तरह होता है, वह सुख सात्त्विक कहा गया है।Commentary
Agree vishma iva In the beginning it is attended with much pain as one has to abandon the sensual objects and comforts and practise severe austerities and rigorous Sadhana. He has to undergo a severe ordeal when he practises Yama? Niyama? Tapas and various other vows. He has to cultivate dispassion or indifference to sensual pleasures. This gives him much pain at first. The practice of concentration and meditation also gives pain the beginning. Subjugation of the senses is also very troublesome.
Nux vomica is very bitter. One feels much discomfort when he takes a mixture that contains nux vomica. But he derives much pleasure in the end when he gets vigour and good appetite and when his dyspepsia is cured. Even so the aspirant drinks the nectar of immortality in the end, attains the highest knowledge, rejoices in the, Self to his hearts content and enjoys supreme peace and eternal bliss. Proktam It is declared by the wise. Atmabuddhiprasadajam Born as purity of ones own intellect or born of the direct, perfect and clear knowledge of Brahman or the immortal, selfluminous, eternal and supreme Self or the Absolute.
The individual self experiences Sattvic happiness when it realises union with the highest Self. The pleasure so born is Sattvic. (Cf.VI.1-2)