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Chapter 18

Chapter 18 · Verse 39

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः | निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-३९||

yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ . nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||18-39||

In plain words

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.

Translation

18.39 That pleasure which, at the beginning and at the end, deludes the self, through sleep, sloth and error - is declared to be Tamasika.

Meaning

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.

Word by word

यत् which अग्रे at first च and अनुबन्धे in the seel च and सुखम् pleasure मोहनम् delusive आत्मनः of the self निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थम् arising from sleep indolence and heedlessness तत् that तामसम् Tamasic उदाहृतम् is declared.