Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 37

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।

तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥१८- ३७॥

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam ।


tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ॥18- 37॥


That which in the beginning is like poison, that one is the best nectar in the end. That happiness born from the tranquility of the understanding of the self is declared as sattvic. 


yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that which 

tad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that

agre (neuter, locative, singular) = in the beginning 

viṣam (neuter, nominative, singular) = poison 

iva (adverb) (indeclinable) = like

pariṇāme (masculine, locative, singular) = in the end

amṛtopamam (amṛta + upamam) (neuter, nominative, singular) = the best nectar  

tad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that 

sukham (neuter, nominative, singular) = happiness 

sāttvikam (neuter, nominative, singular) = sattvic 

proktam (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = declared 

ātmabuddhiprasādajam (ātma + buddhi + prasāda + jam) (neuter, nominative, singular) = born from the tranquility of the understanding of the self