18.36
Chapter 18, Verse 36
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ। अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति৷৷
sukhaṅ tvidānīṅ trividhaṅ śrṛṇu mē bharatarṣabha. abhyāsādramatē yatra duḥkhāntaṅ ca nigacchati৷৷
Translation
Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery,
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
सुखम् pleasure, तु indeed, इदानीम् now, त्रिविधम् threefold, श्रृणु hear, मे of Me, भरतर्षभ O lord of the Bharatas, अभ्यासात् from practice, रमते rejoices, यत्र in which, दुःखान्तम् the end of pain, च and, निगच्छति (he) attains to. Commentary: A little of this pleasure experienced by the Self must result in the cessation of pain. This pleasure is threefold in its nature and I will describe its aspects in turn, O Arjuna. (Cf.VI.20,30).
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.