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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
सुखं त्विदानी त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ । अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ॥ ३६ ॥
__" Oh Best of Bharatas, now hear threefold pleasure which is enjoyable by practice and surely, eliminates pain." - 36 यतदने विषमिव परिणामोऽमृतोपमम् ।। तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥ ३७ ॥
" The thing which at the inception looks like poison but turns out to be like nectar and which is born of serene realization of Atman is the type of Sattvik pleasure."-37 विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगायत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् । परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥ ३८ ॥
" But the pleasure becomes Rajasik when it arises out of contact with senses and which is initially felt like nectar but ends as poison. "- 38 यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।। निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥ ३९ ॥
"The pleasure is Tamasik when it arises from sleep and sloth and heedlessness, as it
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