यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् |\nतत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ||१८-३७||
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam .\ntatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ||18-37||
That which seems like poison at first, but tastes like nectar in the end, is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness. It is generated by the pure intellect that is situated in self-knowledge.