यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् | तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ||१८-३७||
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam . tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ||18-37||
- yat
- which
- tat
- that
- agre
- in the beginning
- viṣam iva
- like poison
- pariṇāme
- at the end
- amṛta
- nectar
- upamam
- compared to
- tat
- that
- sukham
- happiness
- sāttvikam
- in the mode of goodness
- proktam
- is said
- ātma
- in the self
- buddhi
- of intelligence
- prasāda-jam
- born of the satisfaction
That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and which awakens one to self-realization is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness.