viṣham iva

How it is translated

• like poison (2)
• the mercantile and farming class (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: like poison
2. 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: like poison
3. 18.41ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।brāhmaṇa-kṣhatriya-viśhāṁ śhūdrāṇāṁ cha parantapaOf Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras, O Arjuna, the duties are distributed according to the qualities born of their own nature.Here: the mercantile and farming class