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yayā svapnaḿ bhayaḿ śokaḿ viṣādaḿ madam eva ca na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.35 And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness...

sukhaḿ tv idānīḿ tri-vidhaḿ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaḿ ca nigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.36 O best of the Bharatas, now please hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness by...

yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme ’mṛtopamam tat sukhaḿ sāttvikaḿ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.37 That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and...

viṣayendriya-saḿyogād yat tad agre ’mṛtopamam pariṇāme viṣam iva tat sukhaḿ rājasaḿ smṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.38 That happiness which is derived from contact of the senses with their objects and which...

yad agre cānubandhe ca sukhaḿ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaḿ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.39 And that happiness which is blind to self-realization, which is delusion from beginning to end and...

na tad asti pṛthivyāḿ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ sattvaḿ prakṛti-jair muktaḿ yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.40 There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher...

brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāḿ śūdrāṇāḿ ca paran-tapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.41 Brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras are distinguished by the qualities born of...

śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaḿ kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca jñānaḿ vijñānam āstikyaḿ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.42 Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and...

śauryaḿ tejo dhṛtir dākṣyaḿ yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam dānam īśvara-bhāvaś ca kṣātraḿ karma svabhāva-jam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.43 Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and...

kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaḿ vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam paricaryātmakaḿ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.44 Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaishyas, and for the...