यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् | तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ||१८-३७||
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam . tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ||18-37||
Chapter 18 · Verse 37
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Agree vishma iva In the beginning it is attended with much pain as one has to abandon the sensual objects and comforts and practise severe austerities and rigorous Sadhana. He has to undergo a severe ordeal when he practises Yama. Niyama.
Translation
18.37 That which is like a poison at first but becomes like elixir in the end, born from the serene state of mind focusing on the self - such pleasure is said to be Sattvika.
Meaning
Agree vishma iva In the beginning it is attended with much pain as one has to abandon the sensual objects and comforts and practise severe austerities and rigorous Sadhana. He has to undergo a severe ordeal when he practises Yama. Niyama. Tapas and various other vows. He has to cultivate dispassion or indifference to sensual pleasures. This gives him much pain at first. The practice of concentration and meditation also gives pain the beginning. Subjugation of the senses is also very troublesome. Nux vomica is very bitter. One feels much discomfort when he takes a mixture that contains nux vomica. But he derives much pleasure in the end when he gets vigour and good appetite and when his dyspepsia is cured. Even so the aspirant drinks the nectar of immortality in the end attains the highest knowledge rejoices in the,Self to his hearts content and enjoys supreme peace and eternal bliss. Proktam It is declared by the wise. Atmabuddhiprasadajam Born as purity of ones own intellect or born of the direct perfect and clear knowledge of Brahman or the immortal selfluminous eternal and supreme Self or the Absolute. The individual self experiences Sattvic happiness when it realises union with the highest Self. The pleasure so born is Sattvic. (Cf. VI.1 2)
Word by word
यत् which तत् that अग्रे at first विषम् poison इव like परिणामे in the end अमृतोपमम् like nectar तत् that सुखम् pleasure सात्त्विकम् Sattvic प्रोक्तम् is declared (to be) आत्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् born of the purity of ones own mind due to Selfrealisation.