(he) bharatarṣabha–O best of the Bhāratas; idānīm tu–now; śṛṇu–hear; me–from Me; tri-vidham sukham–about the three kinds of happiness: yatra–that in which; ramate–one delights; abhyāsāt–through his practices; nigachchhati cha–and attains; duḥkha-antam–the cessation of unhappiness; yat tat–and that which; agre–initially; viṣam iva–is like poison; pariṇāme–and subsequently; amṛta-upamam–like nectar; tat sukham–such happiness; ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam–born of the purity of self-realisation; proktam–is called; sāttvikam– happiness of the nature of goodness. [36–37]

36–37 O Bharatarṣabha, now hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness: That state in which one is joyful through his practices while attaining the cessation of all unhappiness, and which in the beginning is like poison but ultimately like nectar, and which is born of the purity of self-realisation—that happiness is said to be of the nature of goodness.