Bhagavad Gita 18.39यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 18.29Hear thou the threefold division of intellect and firmness, according to the Gunas, as I…
• 18.30The intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what should be done and what…
• 18.31That by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to be done…
• 18.32That intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dharma and…
• 18.33The unwavering firmness, through which Yoga restrains the functions of the mind,…
• 18.34But that, O Arjuna, by which one holds fast to Dharma (duty), enjoyment of pleasures, and…
• 18.35That firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief,…
• 18.36And now, O Arjuna, hear from Me of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices through…
• 18.37That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared…
• 18.38That happiness which arises from the contact of the senses with the objects, which is…

• 18.39That happiness which at first, as well as in the end, deludes the self, and which arises…

• 18.40There is no being on earth or in heaven among the gods that is liberated from the three…

cha

and

tat

that

yat

which

agre

from beginning

nidrā

sleep

sukham

happiness

uttham

derived from

mohanam

illusory

ālasya

indolence

pramāda

negligence

tāmasam

in the mode of ignorance

anubandhe

to end

ātmanaḥ

of the self

udāhṛitam

is said to be