Garudapurana 1.155.5

1.155.5

durvikalpahato mūḍhaḥ sukhamityabhimucyate /
madhyamottamayoḥ sandhiṃ prāpya rājāsano madaḥ //

struck by bad judgment and foolish, he imagines, 'This is happiness.' / Having reached the juncture between the middle and the highest, intoxication rules like a king;