Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 39
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 39

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
18.39 That joy is said to be born of tams which, both in the beginning and in the seel, is delusive to oneself and arises from sleep, laziness and inadvertence.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
18.39 That happiness which at first as well as in the seel deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence and heedlessness  that is declared to be Tamasic.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.39. The happiness which, [both] at the beginning and subseently, is of the nature of  deluding the Self; and which results from  sleep, indolence and heedleness-that is stated to be of the Tamas (Strand).


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.39Yadagre chaanubandhe cha sukham mohanamaatmanah;
Nidraalasyapramaadottham tattaamasamudaahritam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.39yat—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