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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