Original Sanskrit
Transliteration
English Translation
The enjoyments that are born of contacts are only generators of pain, for they have a beginning and an end. O son of Kunti, the wise do not rejoice in them.
Word-by-Word Meaning
ye = those; hi = certainly; saṃsparśajāḥ = by contact with the material senses; bhogāḥ = enjoyments; duḥkha = distress; yonayaḥ = sources of; eva = certainly; te = they are; ādi = beginning; anta = end; vantaḥ = subject to; kaunteya = O son of Kunti; na = never; teṣu = in those; ramate = takes delight; budhaḥ = the intelligent person.;
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Summary
The Yoga of Renunciation of Action
Total Verses:29
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