Chapter 18 · Verse 37 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.37
Sanskrit
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
Transliteration
yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam
In plain words
When you're doing the right thing and it feels terrible — when the discipline is sharp, the uncertainty is real, the sacrifice is raw — you're not failing; you're in the threshold. Krishna says: what tastes like poison now, what makes you want to quit or turn back, is becoming medicine inside you. The sweetness comes not by avoiding the hard thing, but by staying present to it until your own heart recognizes it as true.
Word by Word
Sattvic happiness arrives like a poison that becomes nectar — what tastes bitter at first, in the crucible of discipline and self-inquiry, transforms into the sweetness of liberation. This is not the pleasure of the senses, but the profound satisfaction that blooms when the mind recognizes its own nature through clarity and grace.
When you sit with difficulty, doubt, or the sharp edges of truth-seeking, you are tasting the beginning. Stay present.
The nectar comes to those who do not flee the fire of transformation. In your work today, notice what feels hard now but aligns with your deepest values — that is sattvic happiness finding you.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.37 — BG 18.37
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