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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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 5, Verse 22
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: pleasures born of contact with objects are, though seeming enjoyable to the worldly, actually sources of misery, having a beginning and an end, and the wise do not delight in them, naming the impermanence of contact-based pleasure as its actual flaw.

In life: pleasures that depend entirely on external stimulation tend to fade quickly and require constantly seeking the next one, a genuinely tiring cycle.

Teaching: notice which of your regular pleasures are purely contact-based and fading fast, and balance them with something steadier that doesn't require constant renewal.

yewhich
hiverily
sansparśha-jāḥborn of contact with the sense objects
bhogāḥpleasures
duḥkhamisery
yonayaḥsource of
evaverily
tethey are
ādya-antavantaḥhaving beginning and end
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
nanever
teṣhuin those
ramatetakes delight
budhaḥthe wise

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
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)