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Chapter 18, Verse 39

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मन: | निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥39॥

Transliteration

yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

Word Meanings

yat—which; agre—from beginning; cha—and; anubandhe—to end; cha—and; sukham—happiness; mohanam—illusory; ātmanaḥ—of the self; nidrā—sleep; ālasya—indolence; pramāda—negligence; uttham—derived from; tat—that; tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance; udāhṛitam—is said to be

Translation

That joy is said to be born of tamas which, both in the beginning and in the end, is delusive to oneself and arises from sleep, laziness and inadvertence.