Bhagavad Gita 18.37

Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar—that pleasure is pure, for it is born of wisdom.

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्॥

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam|tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam||

English translation (above): Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain. Sanskrit text via github.com/gita/gita (Unlicense).

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