Bhagavad Gita 18.38
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्॥
viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamam pariṇāme viṣham iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛitam
Translation
That which from the union of the senses with their objects at first is as nectar, but in the end is like venom, that pleasure is accounted passionate.
What it means
That which arises from the contact of senses with their objects, at first like nectar but in the end like poison: that pleasure is called rajasic. The sweetest start has the bitterest finish. Contact-born joy borrows against the future.
Try this today
Rajasic pleasure: sweet entry, poison exit - the bill arriving after the meal.
Something to reflect on
Which of my current pleasures is nectar-turning-poison?
Read it in Yathora