The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

╭ chapter eighteen
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The rajasic intellect confuses right and wrong
actions, and cannot distinguish what is to be
done from what should not be done. 32 The
tamasic intellect is shrouded in darkness, utterly
reversing right and wrong wherever it turns.
33
The sattvic will, developed through meditation,
keeps prana, mind, and senses in vital harmony.
34
The rajasic will, conditioned by selfish desire,
pursues wealth, pleasure, and respectability. 35 The
tamasic will shows itself in obstinate ignorance,
sloth, fear, grief, depression, and conceit.
36
Now listen, Arjuna: there are also three kinds of
happiness. By sustained effort, one comes to the
end of sorrow. 37 That which seems like poison at
first, but tastes like nectar in the end – this is the
joy of sattva, born of a mind at peace with itself.
38
Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at
first, but it is bitter as poison in the end. This is the
kind of happiness that comes to the rajasic. 39 Those
who are tamasic draw their pleasures from sleep,
indolence, and intoxication. Both in the beginning
and in the end, this happiness is a delusion.
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