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Always choose the ‘right thing’, not the ‘pleasant’ one.
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्
॥१८-३७॥
yat tad agre viṣaṁ iva pariṇāme
‘mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ
proktaṁ ātma-buddhi-prasādajam
The pleasure that appears as poison in
the beginning, but is like nectar in the
end, comes by the grace of Self-
knowledge and is in the mode of
goodness.
POWERFUL COGNITION
The biggest asset a man can acquire is the space of completion.
18.38
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् ।
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्
॥१८=३८॥
viṣayendriya-saṁyogadyat tad agre
‘mṛtopamam pariṇāme viṣam iva tat
sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam
Sensual pleasures that appear as nectar in the beginning, but become poison in the end, are in the mode of passion.
POWERFUL COGNITION
The wise prefers the good to the pleasant.
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18.39
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्
॥ १८=३९ ॥
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṁ
mohanamātmanaḥ
nidrālasyapramādotthaṁ tat
tāmasamudāhṛtam
Pleasure that is delusion from beginning to end and born out of sleep, laziness and illusion is said to be of the nature of ignorance.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Look for the right, not for light.
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।
सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः
॥ १८=४० ॥
na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā divi deveṣu vā
punaḥ sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair-muktaṁ yad
ebhiḥ syāt tribhirguṇaiḥ
No one, either here or among the
celestials in the higher planetary
systems, is free from these three states
of material nature.
POWERFUL COGNITION Your Space of Completion is Kṛṣṇa.