Shloka 38
भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद् यत्तदग्रेडमृतोपमम् । परिणामे विषमिव तत् सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्
viṣayendriya-saṁyogād yat tad agre amṛtopamam | pariṇāme viṣam iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam ||
विषयों और इन्द्रियों के संयोग से जो सुख भोगकाल में पहले अमृत-सा प्रतीत होता है, वही परिणाम में विष-सा हो जाता है; इसलिए वह सुख राजस कहा गया है।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-based pleasure is seductive at the beginning but tends to produce suffering later through craving, dependence, and adverse consequences; hence it is classified as rajasic (born of passion and attachment).
In the Gītā’s teaching on the three guṇas, Arjuna voices (as given here) the characterization of rajasic happiness: pleasure from sense-object contact that feels sweet initially but turns harmful in its results, set within the broader battlefield dialogue between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.