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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 37

Liberation Through Surrender

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्

yat tad agre viṣham iva pariṇāme amṛita-upamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.37 mean?

That happiness which is like poison in the beginning but like nectar in the end, born from the serenity of one's own intellect focused on the Self — that is declared to be sattvic.

Word-by-word meaning

yat—which · tat—that · agre—in the beginning · viṣham—poison · iva—like · pariṇāme—in the end (result) · amṛita-upamam—comparable to nectar · tat—that · sukham—happiness · sāttvikam—sattvic · proktam—is declared · ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam—born from the serenity of self-knowledge (intellect focused on the Self)

soulwisdompleasuremindactionnaturewar

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