Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.36

sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha | abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati ||

Now hear from me, best of the Bharatas, about the three kinds of happiness. The happiness in which one comes to delight through long practice, and in which one reaches the end of sorrow;

Modern context

Now Krishna describes three kinds of happiness. The first is the happiness one comes to enjoy through long practice, in which sorrow ends. 'Through long practice' is the key. The deepest happiness is not instant. It grows slowly, through discipline and patience, like the pleasure of playing an instrument well or speaking a language fluently.