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ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ
The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginnings and their endings. The wise person does not rejoice in them.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| ye | which |
| hi | verily |
| sansparśha-jāḥ | born of contact with the sense objects |
| bhogāḥ | pleasures |
| duḥkha | misery |
| yonayaḥ | source of |
| eva | verily |
| te | they are |
| ādya-antavantaḥ | having beginning and end |
| kaunteya | Arjun, the son of Kunti |
| na | never |
| teṣhu | in those |
| ramate | takes delight |
| budhaḥ | the wise |
Man goes in est of joy and searches in the external perishable objects for his happiness. He fails to get it but instead he carries a load of sorrow on his head.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Compare renunciation of work with renunciation of attachment and examine the chapter’s account of inner freedom.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaSince enjoyments that result from contact with objects are indeed the sources of sorrow, having a beginning and an end, O son of Kunti, the wise one does not delight in them.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaFor those pleasures that are born of contact are wombs of pain. They have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise do not rejoice in them.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaMan goes in est of joy and searches in the external perishable objects for his happiness. He fails to get it but instead he carries a load of sorrow on his head.
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The joys that spring from external associations bring pain
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they have their beginnings and their endings
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The wise person does not rejoice in them
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