Bhagavad Gita · 2.59
॥
Devanāgarī
विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः ।
रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ |
rasavarjaṁ raso 'py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
विषयाःviṣayāḥthe objects of the senses, sense enjoyments.
विनिवर्तन्तेvinivartanterecede, cease.
निराहारस्यnir-āhārasyaof one who abstains from food (āhāra) [for the senses], of one who fasts.
देहििनःdehinaḥof the embodied soul.
रसवर्जम्rasa-varjamexcept for the taste (rasa), save the taste.
रसःrasaḥtaste, attraction, inclination.
अपिapieven, also.
अस्यasyain him.
परम्paramthe Supreme.
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen, having realized, having tasted.
निवर्ततेnivartatevanishes, ceases.
Translation
“The embodied soul may abstain from sense enjoyments, but the taste for them still remains. Yet, having realized the Supreme, even this taste vanishes.”
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