yad agre canubandhe ca sukham mohanam atmanah nidralasya-pramadottham tat tamasam udahritam
The happiness that deludes the soul both in the beginning and in consequence, arising from sleep, sloth, and negligence — that is declared to be tamasic happiness. Tamasic pleasure numbs rather than nourishes, deepening delusion.
- •Tamasic happiness deludes both at the outset and in its consequences
- •Sleep, laziness, and negligence are the roots of tamasic pleasure
- •Unlike rajasic pleasure that starts well, tamasic pleasure is deluding from start to finish