Verse 5.22

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥

5.22

Transliteration

ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te |

ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

The enjoyments that are born of contacts are only generators of pain, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise man does not rejoice in them.

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which
indeed
born of contact
pleasures
sources of sorrow
only
they

having beginning and end
O son of Kunti
not
in them
delights
the wise

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna explains the limits of sense pleasure. Enjoyments that arise from contact with objects are duḥkhayoni, wombs of sorrow. They begin and they end, and their ending brings loss, craving or disappointment. The wise person, budha, therefore does not find delight in them. The verse is not a call to grim self-denial but a clear-eyed look at the nature of pleasure that depends on outer things. It echoes the second chapter's teaching that sensations come and go and must be borne with patience.