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Bhagavad Gita 5.22

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।

ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yeyewhich
hihiverily
sansparśha-jāḥsansparśha-jāḥborn of contact with the sense objects
bhogāḥbhogāḥpleasures
duḥkhaduḥkhamisery
yonayaḥyonayaḥsource of
evaevaverily
tetethey are
ādya-antavantaḥādya-antavantaḥhaving beginning and end
kaunteyakaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
nananever
teṣhuteṣhuin those
ramateramatetakes delight
budhaḥbudhaḥthe wise

The enjoyments that arise from contact are only sources of pain, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise do not rejoice in them.

हे कौन्तेय (इन्द्रिय तथा विषयों के) संयोग से उत्पन्न होने वाले जो भोग हैं वे दु:ख के ही हेतु हैं, क्योंकि वे आदि-अन्त वाले हैं। बुद्धिमान् पुरुष उनमें नहीं रमता।।