Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension) 18.37

18.37

यत्तदात्त्वे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् । तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं विद्यादात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥ १८-३७ ॥

yattadāttve viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam | tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ vidyādātmabuddhiprasādajam || 18-37 ||

— which, at its onset, like poison ; — in its ripening, like nectar ; — that happiness one should know as sāttvic ; — born of the serenity of one's own intellect

That which at its onset is like poison but in its ripening like nectar — that happiness, born of the serenity of one's own intellect, one should know as sāttvic.

Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)18.37