Chapter 18

Verse 38

Bhagavad Gita

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् |
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||
Transliteration

viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam .
pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||18-38||
English Meaning

18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion.