Sanskrit · Devanagari
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882one obtains indestructible happiness. For the enjoyments born of contact (between senses and their objects) are indeed sources of misery they have a beginning as well as an end. O son of Kuntī ! a wise man feels no pleasure in them.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।5.22।। ये हि यस्मात् संस्पर्शजाः विषयेन्द्रियसंस्पर्शेभ्यो जाताः भोगा भुक्तयः दुःखयोनय एव ते अविद्याकृतत्वात्। दृश्यन्ते हि आध्यात्मिकादीनि दुःखानि तन्निमित्तान्येव। यथा इहलोके तथा परलोकेऽपि इति गम्यते एवशब्दात्। न संसारे सुखस्य गन्धमात्रमपि अस्ति इति बुद्ध्वा विषयमृगतृष्णिकाया इन्द्रियाणि निवर्तयेत्। न केवलं दुःखयोनय एव आद्यन्तवन्तश्च आदिः विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगो भोगानाम् अन्तश्च तद्वियोग एव अतः आद्यन्तवन्तः अनित्याः मध्यक्षणभावित्वात् इत्यर्थः। कौन्तेय न तेषु भोगेषु रमते बुधः विवेकी अवगतपरमार्थतत्त्वः अत्यन्तमूढानामेव हि विषयेषु रतिः दृश्यते यथा पशुप्रभृतीनाम्।।अयं च श्रेयोमार्गप्रतिपक्षी कष्टतमो दोषः सर्वानर्थप्राप्तिहेतुः दुर्निवारश्च इति तत्परिहारे यत्नाधिक्यं कर्तव्यम् इत्याह भगवान्
1ddb1bb7f6ef…Rāmānuja
5.22 Those pleasures which result from the contact of sense objects with the senses, are the wombs of pain, i.e., have pain as their ultimate fruit 'They have a beginning and an end,' i.e., they are seen to remain only for a brief period and the reaction that follows their cessation is painful. He who knows what they themselves are, i.e., know themselves as Atman, will not find pleasure in them.
1dbf1cea4eaf…Swami Sivananda
5.22 ये which? हि verily? संस्पर्शजाः contactborn? भोगाः enjoyments? दुःखयोनयः generators of pain? एव only? ते they? आद्यन्तवन्तः having beginning and end? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? न not? तेषु in those? रमते rejoices? बुधः the wise.Commentary 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.You should withdraw the senses from the senseobjects as there is no trace of happiness in them and fix the min on the immortal? blissful Self within. The senseobjects have a beginning and an end. Separation from the senseobjects gives you a lot of pain. During the interval between the origin and the end you experience a hollow? momentary? illusory pleasure. This fleeting pleasure is due to Avidya or ignorance. Even in the other world you will have the same experience. He who is endowed with discrimination or the knowledge of the Self will never rejoice in these sensual objects. Only ignorant persons who are passionate will rejoice in the senseobjects. (Cf.II.14?XVIII.38)
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