सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ॥
sukhaṃ tv idānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha |abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati ||
- सुखम् · sukham
- happiness
- तु · tu
- now
- इदानीम् · idānīm
- now
- त्रिविधम् · trividham
- threefold
- शृणु · śṛṇu
- hear
- मे · me
- from me
- भरतर्षभ · bharatarṣabha
- O bull of the Bharatas
- अभ्यासात् · abhyāsāt
- through practice
- रमते · ramate
- one rejoices
- यत्र · yatra
- in which
- दुःखान्तम् · duḥkhāntam
- the end of suffering
- निगच्छति · nigacchati
- one reaches
“And now hear from me, O bull of the Bharatas, of the threefold happiness — that in which one rejoices through practice and reaches the end of suffering.”
— Original plain-language translation
The catalogue turns to happiness itself — the motive behind every choice. Krishna previews the test: real joy ripens through practice (abhyāsa) and ends sorrow. The next three verses grade pleasures by their beginning, middle, and end.
— Reader's notes (original)