Now hear from Me, O best of Bharata race, what are the three kinds of happiness. Sattva Happiness is that in which one finds pleasure from repetition of enjoyment, which brings an end to all pain, which is like poison in the beginning, but ambrosia afterwards, which is born out of serenity, and is produced by knowledge.
सुखं त्विदानी त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ। अभ्यासाद् रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति॥ यत्तदने विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्। तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्॥