विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् |\nपरिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||
viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam .\npariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||18-38||
Happiness is said to be in the mode of passion when it is derived from the contact of the senses with their objects. Such happiness is like nectar at first but poison at the end.