BG 18.39

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
yad agre cānubandhe ca sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ
nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam

Word-for-word meanings

tat — that;  sukham — happiness;  yat — which;  mohanam — [is] stupefying;  ātmanaḥ — to the self;  agre ca — in the beginning;  anubandhe ca — and at the end;  uttham — [and which] arises;  nidrā — [from] sleep;  ālasya — indolence;  pramāda — [and] inadvertence;  udāhṛtam — is called;  tāmasam — tāmasika.

Translation

That happiness which stupefies the self both in the beginning as well as at the end, and which arises from sleep, indolence, and inadvertence, is called tāmasika.

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