tat yat–That which; (jāyate)–is born; viṣaya-indriya-saṁyogāt–from the contact of the senses with their objects; agre–and in the beginning; amṛta-upamam–is like nectar; pariṇāme–and subsequently; viṣam iva–like poison; tat sukham–that happiness; smṛtam–is called; rājasam–happiness of the nature of passion. [38]

That happiness which is born of the contact of the senses with their objects, and which is like nectar in the beginning but poison in the end, is said to be happiness of the nature of passion.