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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 38 (18.38) means: The happiness that comes from the senses meeting their objects, like nectar at first but poison in the end, is restless happiness.
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamam pariṇāme viṣham iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛitam
The happiness that comes from the senses meeting their objects, like nectar at first but poison in the end, is restless happiness.
जो सुख इंद्रियों के विषयों से मिलने पर आता है, पहले अमृत जैसा पर अंत में विष जैसा, वह बेचैन सुख है।
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It is verse 38 of Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 78 verses in total.
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