Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 5.22

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दु:खयोनय एव ते आद्यन्तवन्त: कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुध:

ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ

Recitation · Text 5.22
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (14 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Pleasures born of sense contact are themselves wombs of misery, having a beginning and an end — so the wise take no delight in them. The objection raised is not that such pleasures are wicked, but that they are temporary by construction.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The objection isn't that such pleasures are wicked — it's that they are temporary by construction.