Verse 18.39

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18.39:

यद् अग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनम् आत्मनः ।
निद्रालस्य-प्रमादोत्थं तत् तामसम् उदाहृतम् ॥ ३९ ॥

yad agre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanam ātmanaḥ |
nidrālasya-pramādotthaṃ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam || 39 ||

yat–which; agre–in the beginning; ca–and; anubandhe–in the end; ca–and; sukham–happiness; mohanam–delusion; ātmanaḥ–of the ātmā; nidrā–sleep; ālasya–laziness; pramāda–intoxication; uttham–born out of; tat–that; tāmasam–governed by the quality of darkness; udāhṛtam–is said.

That happiness which from beginning to end covers the nature of the spirit soul and which arises from sleep, laziness, useless activity and so forth is said to be governed by the quality of darkness.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Prakāśikā-vṛtti

(By Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja; the explanation that illuminates the commentary named Sārārtha-varṣiṇī)

Happiness is also of three types. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.25.29) states:

sāttvikaṃ sukham ātmotthaṃ viṣayotthaṃ tu rājasam
tāmasaṃ moha-dainyotthaṃ nirguṇaṃ mad-apāśrayam

Happiness derived from realization of the self is in goodness, happiness derived from sense pleasure is in passion, happiness that arises from a deluded, wretched condition is in ignorance, and the happiness that comes from the performance of glorifying Śrī Bhagavān and remembering Him is beyond all material modes.