Chapter 18, Verse 36
Text
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ | अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ||१८-३६||
Transliteration
sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha . abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati ||18-36||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
18.36 And now hear from Me, O Arjuna, of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices by practice and surely comes to the end of pain.
In English by Swami Sivananda
18.36 सुखम् pleasure, तु indeed, इदानीम् now, त्रिविधम् threefold, श्रृणु hear, मे of Me, भरतर्षभ O lord of the Bharatas, अभ्यासात् from practice, रमते rejoices, यत्र in which, दुःखान्तम् the end of pain, च and, निगच्छति (he) attains to.Commentary A little of this pleasure experienced by the Self must result in the cessation of pain. This pleasure is threefold in its nature and I will describe its aspects in turn, O Arjuna. (Cf.VI.20,30).