BG - 18.38

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।

viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamam pariṇāme viṣham iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛitam

• viṣhaya - with the sense objects
• indriya - the senses
• sanyogāt - from the contact
• yat - which
• tat - that
• agre - at first
• amṛita-upamam - like nectar
• pariṇāme - at the end
• viṣham iva - like poison
• tat - that
• sukham - happiness
• rājasam - in the mode of passion
• smṛitam - is said to be

Translation

That happiness which arises from the contact of the senses with the objects, which is initially like nectar but eventually like poison, is said to be Rajasic.

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