Sanskrit Verse
visayendriya-samyogad yat tad agre 'mritopamam pariname visam iva tat sukham rajasam smrtam
Translation & Meaning
The happiness that arises from the contact of the senses with their objects, which is nectar-like at first but poison-like in the end — that is declared to be rajasic happiness. Sensory pleasure promises much but ultimately delivers suffering.
Key Teachings
- •Rajasic happiness begins as nectar but ends as poison
- •Sense-object contact is the source of rajasic pleasure — inherently transient and disappointing
- •The turning from pleasurable beginning to painful conclusion reveals rajas's deceptive nature
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