Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 18.38

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्

viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamam pariṇāme viṣham iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛitam

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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That which arises from the contact of the senses with their objects, like nectar at first and poison in the end, is happiness of passion. The exact mirror of the previous verse, which is the only difference between them.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The exact mirror of the last verse — and that is the only difference.