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Chapter 18
Mokshasanyaasa Yoga
37. That which is like poison in the beginning but in its effect from the grace of the Supreme Lord is nectar itself (that happiness) is said to be saatvik.
Tatparya Nirnaya :- With the grace of Sri Vishnu, one's mind becomes delighted and the pleasure becomes luminous (saatvik), thus in Padma Purana.
38 – 39 – 40 - 41. That which with association of the sense-objects is like nectar in the beginning but in its effect is poison, as it were, (that happiness) is said to be raajasik.. That which arising from sleep, sloth, and inattention appears as happiness deluding the self in the beginning as well as in the end (that happiness) is said to be taamasik. There is no creature, whether among men on earth or among gods in heaven, who is free from the effects of these three-fold attributes. Among the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, the Vaishyas and Shudras, O Arjuna, the performance of actions are distinguished according to these attributes born of nature .
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