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Bhagavad-gītā 18.37
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 37
- यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।
- तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥३७॥
- yat tad agre viṣam iva
- pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam
- tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam
- ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam
yatwhich — which; tatthat — that; agrein the beginning — in the beginning; viṣamlike poison ivalike poison — like poison; pariṇāmeat the end — at the end; amṛtanectar — nectar; upamamcompared to — compared to; tatthat — that; sukhamhappiness — happiness; sāttvikamin the mode of goodness — in the mode of goodness; proktamis said — is said; ātmain the self — in the self; buddhiof intelligence — of intelligence; prasādaborn of the satisfaction-jamborn of the satisfaction — 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.
In the pursuit of self-realization, one has to follow many rules and regulations to control the mind and the senses and to concentrate the mind on the self. All these procedures are very difficult, bitter like poison, but if one is successful in following the regulations and comes to the transcendental position, he begins to drink real nectar, and he enjoys life.