Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.39
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ | nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||
The happiness that deludes the self both at the start and in what follows, and that comes from sleep, laziness, and carelessness, is said to be of inertia.
Modern context
Tamasic happiness deludes from start to finish. It comes from oversleeping, laziness and carelessness. It is the comfort of avoidance: staying in bed, ignoring problems, numbing oneself. It is not even pleasant at the start in any real sense; it is just a dull absence of effort. And it leaves a person worse off than before.