{"chapter_id":18,"chapter_number":18,"chapter_title":"Moksha Sanyasa Yoga","id":662,"verse_number":39,"verse_order":662,"text":"यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.39।।","transliteration":"yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ\nnidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam\n","word_meanings":{"yat":"which","agre":"from beginning","cha":"and","anubandhe":"to end","sukham":"happiness","mohanam":"illusory","ātmanaḥ":"of the self","nidrā":"sleep","ālasya":"indolence","pramāda":"negligence","uttham":"derived from","tat":"that","tāmasam":"in the mode of ignorance","udāhṛitam":"is said to be"},"translation":"Happiness which blinds the self from beginning to end, arising from sleep, indolence, and negligence, is declared to be in the mode of ignorance.","simple_meaning":"Pleasure derived from oversleeping, laziness, and carelessness is deluding and belongs to the lowest nature, tamas.","commentary":"Tamasic happiness offers no real joy, only escapism. It degrades the soul by fostering inertia, delusion, and apathy toward spiritual and personal growth.","theme":"Happiness in the mode of ignorance (Tamas)","life_application":"Avoid lethargy, procrastination, and excessive sleep; cultivate disciplined awareness and active engagement instead of seeking comfort in mindless escapism."}