yad agre chÄnubandhe cha sukhaá¹ mohanam Ätmanaḥ nidrÄlasya-pramÄdotthaá¹ tat tÄmasam udÄhá¹›tam [39]

nidrÄ-Älasya-pramÄda-uttham–Born of sleep, laziness, and illusion; yat sukham–that happiness which; agre cha–in the beginning; anubandhe cha–and in the end; Ätmanaḥ mohanam–is self-deception; tat–such happiness; udÄhá¹›tam–is called; tÄmasam–happiness of the nature of ignorance. [39]


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That happiness which is self-deception from beginning to end, and which arises from sleep, laziness, and illusion, is called happiness of the nature of ignorance.

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