विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः | रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ||२-५९||
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ . rasavarjaṃ raso.apyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||2-59||
- viṣayāḥ
- objects for sense enjoyment
- vinivartante
- are practiced to be refrained from
- nirāhārasya
- by negative restrictions
- dehinaḥ
- for the embodied
- rasa-varjam
- giving up the taste
- rasaḥ
- sense of enjoyment
- api
- although there is
- asya
- his
- param
- far superior things
- dṛṣṭvā
- by experiencing
- nivartate
- he ceases from
Though the embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.