agre

How it is translated

• at first (2)
• in the beginning (1)
• from beginning (1)

Every verse

1. 18.36सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu me bharatarṣhabhaAnd now, O Arjuna, hear from Me of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices through practice and surely comes to the end of pain.Here: at first
2. 18.37यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jamThat which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared to be sattvic, born of the purity of one's own mind due to self-realization.Here: in the beginning
3. 18.38विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamamThat happiness which arises from the contact of the senses with the objects, which is initially like nectar but eventually like poison, is said to be Rajasic.Here: at first
4. 18.39यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥThat happiness which at first, as well as in the end, deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence, and heedlessness—that is declared to be Tamasic.Here: from beginning