Chapter 18 • Verse 36

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

sukham tv idanim tri-vidham srinu me bharatarsabha abhyasad ramate yatra duhkhantam ca nigacchati

Translation & Meaning

Now hear from me the three kinds of happiness, O best of the Bharatas — the happiness in which one rejoices through practice and in which one reaches the end of sorrow. Even happiness must be examined through the lens of the gunas.

Key Teachings

  • Happiness itself is threefold according to the gunas
  • Genuine happiness leads to the cessation of suffering, not just momentary pleasure
  • Spiritual practice reveals the higher kinds of happiness unavailable to the unexamined life

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