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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 39

Liberation Through Surrender

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्

yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.39 mean?

While the pleasure that drugs the senses from start to finish, which springs from indolence, lethargy, and folly—that pleasure flows from Ignorance.

Word-by-word meaning

yat—which · agre—from beginning · cha—and · anubandhe—to end · cha—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 · udāhṛitam—is said to be

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