ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते | आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ||५-२२||
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te . ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ ||5-22||
- ye
- those
- hi
- certainly
- saṁsparśa-jāḥ
- 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 Kuntī
- na
- never
- teṣu
- in those
- ramate
- takes delight
- budhaḥ
- the intelligent person
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.