Bhagavad Gita — BG18.38
Chapter 18: Mokṣha Sanyās Yog · Verse 38 of 78
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् |
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||
Transliteration
viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam . pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||18-38||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
जो सुख विषयों और इन्द्रियों के संयोग से उत्पन्न होता है, वह प्रथम तो अमृत के समान, परन्तु परिणाम में विष तुल्य होता है, वह सुख राजस कहा गया है।।
English Translation
That joy is referred to as born of rajas which, arising from the contact of the organs and (their) objects, is like nectar in the beginning, but like poison at the end.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog — Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender
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The eighteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Moksha Sanyas Yoga. Arjuna requests the Lord to explain the difference between the two types of renunciations - sanyaas(renunciation of actions) and tyaag(renunciation of desires). Krishna explains that a sanyaasi is one who abandons family and society …
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Bhagavad Gita BG18.38 is verse 38 of Chapter 18 — Moksha Sanyaas Yoga (Mokṣha Sanyās Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender. The English translation is: “That joy is referred to as born of rajas which, arising from the contact of the organs and (their) objects, is like nectar in the beginning, but like poison at the end.”.