Chapter 5, Verse 22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te. ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ.5.22.
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- ये
- which (pl.)
- हि
- indeed, verily
- संस्पर्शजाः
- born of (sense-)contact
- भोगाः
- enjoyments, pleasures
- दुःखयोनयः
- sources of misery
- एव
- only, indeed
- ते
- they
- आद्यन्तवन्तः
- having a beginning and an end
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- न
- not
- तेषु
- in them
- रमते
- delights, takes pleasure
- बुधः
- the wise man
Commentary
22. For, those delights which are born of contacts are only generators of pain, having a be- ginning and an end, O son of Kunti *, a wise man rejoices not in them.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ये
हि
संस्पर्शजाः
भोगाः
दुःखयोनयः
एव
ते
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बुधः
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