यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥
yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam |tat sukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktam ātmabuddhiprasādajam ||
- यत् · yat
- which
- तत् · tat
- that
- अग्रे · agre
- at first
- विषम् · viṣam
- poison
- इव · iva
- like
- परिणामे · pariṇāme
- in the end, in maturity
- अमृतोपमम् · amṛtopamam
- like nectar
- तत् · tat
- that
- सुखम् · sukham
- happiness
- सात्त्विकम् · sāttvikam
- sattvic
- प्रोक्तम् · proktam
- declared
- आत्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् · ātmabuddhiprasādajam
- born of the clarity of self-understanding
“That which is like poison at first but like nectar in the end — born of the clarity of self-understanding — that happiness is declared sattvic.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sattvic joy tastes bitter before it tastes sweet: discipline, study, and meditation ache at first, then turn to nectar. The poison-to-nectar arc is honest about spiritual practice. Its source is inner clarity (prasāda), not outer stimulus.
— Reader's notes (original)