Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 38.

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Wednesday, September 07. 2022. 06:00. 
Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Slokams-38 :

"Vishayendriyasamyogat   yattadagremrtopamam,

pariname   vishamiva   tatsukham   rajasam   smrtam."

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Translation :1.

Slokam-38 : That happiness which is derived from contact of the senses with their objects and which appears like nectar at first but poison at the end is said to be of the nature of passion. 

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Translation :2. 

yat   sukham    =   which  happiness;

vishaya  indriya   samyogat  =  arising  ( happening )  due  to  combination  (  relationship  of  )  of  sensuous  objects  and  sense-organs;

agre  amrta  upamam  =  in  the  beginning  just  like  nector;

pariname   visham  iva  =  at  the  end  (  resulting  in  )  like  a  poison  (  poisonous  effect  );

tat  sukham  rajasam   smrtam  =  that  happiness  is  said  to  be  Rajasam.  

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Commentary :

The sukham or happiness that is derived from sense gratification by the contact with the objects of the senses such as sexual and sensual bodily enjoyments, although seeming to be like nectar in the beginning when it is fresh and newly experienced but later after habitual repetition over and over again continuously throughout one's life it becomes just like venom yielding unhappiness in this world and the next.

Such activities are for begetting children in the grihasta ashram or married life and perpetuating the species otherwisw such activites keep on in bondage and and hence are deplorable.

Such sukham Lord Krishna confirms as situated in rajo guna the mode of passion.

The sukham or happiness of those who enjoy the objects of the senses and take great pleasure in sense gratification Lord Krishna states which seems like nectar in the beginning but which in the end after incessant repetition and habitual engagement seems to be just like a potion of poison when detected too late that such activities are a guaranteed premium paid reservation for samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death is situated in rajo guna the mode of passion.

The sukham or happiness that arises innately due to the interaction of the five senses: eyes, ears, noses, tongue and body with the objects of the senses, which seems just like nectar in the beginning but after constant repetition over and over again unlimited becomes like poison in the end causing pain and discomfort in the present life and the next life Lord Krishna declares is situated in rajo guna the mode of passion.  

A young man and a young woman meet, and the senses drive the young man to see her, to touch her and to have sexual intercourse.

In the beginning this may be very pleasing to the senses, but at the end, or after some time, it becomes just like poison.

They are separated or there is divorce, there is lamentation, there is sorrow, etc.

Such happiness is always in the mode of passion.

Happiness derived from a combination of the senses and the sense objects is always a cause of distress and should be avoided by all means.

To be continued  ...

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