विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिन: रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते
viṣhayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’pyasya paraṁ dṛiṣhṭvā nivartate
Recitation · Text 2.59
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna makes an important qualification: the objects of the senses turn away from one who practices abstinence, but the taste for them remains — only on seeing the Supreme does even that taste finally cease. External restraint alone, he warns, is not the same as inner freedom.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Krishna is careful here: mere external restraint isn't the same as real inner freedom — the craving can outlast the avoidance.