Word meanings
- yat
- which
- agre
- from beginning
- ca
- and
- anubandhe
- to end
- ca
- and
- sukham
- happiness
- mohanam
- illusory
- ātmanaḥ
- of the self
- nidrā
- sleep
- ālasya
- indolence
- pramāda
- negligence
- uttham
- derived from
- tat
- that
- tāmasam
- in the mode of ignorance
- udāhṛtam
- is said to be
Translations
That happiness which at first, as well as in the end, deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence, and heedlessness—that is declared to be Tamasic.
While the pleasure that drugs the senses from start to finish, which springs from indolence, lethargy, and folly—that pleasure flows from Ignorance.
That joy is said to be born of tamas, which, both in the beginning and in the end, is delusive to oneself and arises from sleep, laziness, and inadvertence.
निद्रा, आलस्य और प्रमादसे उत्पन्न होनेवाला जो सुख आरम्भमें और परिणाममें अपनेको मोहित करनेवाला है, वह सुख तामस कहा गया है।Commentary
Anubandhe In the conseence after the termination. The pleasure that is begotten by evil habits like drinking liors and eating worthless things is delusive of the self. The man becomes oblivious of the path he ought to tread. Such pleasure is verily of the nature of darkness.