Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 36
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ । अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति
sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha | abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati
Translation
And now hear from Me, O lord of the Bhāratas, of the threefold pleasure, in which one delights by practice and surely comes to the end of pain.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- sukham
- pleasure
- tu
- indeed
- idānīm
- now
- trividham
- threefold
- śṛṇu
- hear
- me
- of me
- bharatarṣabha
- O bull of the Bhāratas
- abhyāsāt
- from practice
- ramate
- rejoices
- yatra
- where
- duḥkhāntam
- of pain, the end
- ca
- and
- nigacchati
- goes
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Hear: pay steady attention to. Practice: familiarity, frequency. The end: cessation or alleviation.