Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥२२॥
ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā
duḥkha-yonaya eva te
ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya
na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- ye
- those
- hi
- certainly
- saṁsparśajāḥ
- by contact with the material senses
- bhogāḥ
- enjoyment
- duḥkha
- distress
- yonayaḥ
- sources of
- eva
- certainly
- te
- they are
- ādi
- in the beginning
- antavantaḥ
- subject to
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- na
- never
- teṣu
- in those
- ramate
- take delight
- budhaḥ
- the intelligent
Translation
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kuntī, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.
Purport
Other scriptures cited in this purport: Padma PurāṇaŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Material sense pleasures are due to the contact of the material senses, which are all temporary because the body itself is temporary. A liberated soul is not interested in anything which is temporary. Knowing well the joys of transcendental pleasures, how can a liberated soul agree to enjoy false pleasure? In the Padma Purāṇa it is said:
ramante yogino 'nante satyānanda-cid-ātmani
iti rāma-padenāsau paraṁ brahmābhidhīyate
"The mystics derive unlimited transcendental pleasures from the Absolute Truth, and therefore the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is also known as Rāma."
In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also it is said:
nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛ-loke
kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhajāṁ ye
tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ
śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam.
"My dear sons, there is no reason to labor very hard for sense pleasure while in this human form of life; such pleasures are available to the stool-eaters [hogs]. Rather, you should undergo penances in this life by which your existence will be purified, and, as a result, you will be able to enjoy unlimited transcendental bliss." (Bhāg. 5.5.1)
Therefore, those who are true yogīs or learned transcendentalists are not attracted by sense pleasures, which are the causes of continuous material existence. The more one is addicted to material pleasures, the more he is entrapped by material miseries.
What this verse teaches
The study note for this verse is in editorial review.
- Themes
- Self-control
In thematic compilations 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 3
- Bhagavad-gītā 5.14-22 1966-08-29 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 5.22–29 1966-08-31 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 5.17–25 1969-02-08 · Los Angeles
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