यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
yad agre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanam ātmanaḥ |nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ||
- यत् · yat
- which
- अग्रे · agre
- at first
- अनुबन्धे · anubandhe
- in its sequel, afterwards
- सुखम् · sukham
- happiness
- मोहनम् · mohanam
- deluding
- आत्मनः · ātmanaḥ
- of the self
- निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थम् · nidrālasyapramādottham
- arising from sleep, sloth, and heedlessness
- तत् · tat
- that
- तामसम् · tāmasam
- tamasic
- उदाहृतम् · udāhṛtam
- declared
“The happiness that deludes the self both at first and afterwards, arising from sleep, sloth, and heedlessness — that is declared tamasic.”
— Original plain-language translation
Tamasic pleasure never becomes nectar — delusion at the start, delusion at the finish. Oversleep, idleness, and intoxication or carelessness feel like rest but corrode capacity. The guṇa catalogue of happiness closes with this bleak constancy.
— Reader's notes (original)