Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation
Verse 39
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 39
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।
Transliteration (IAST)
yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam
Translation
That pleasure which, at the beginning and end, deludes the self, through sleep, sloth, and error, is declared to be tamasic.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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