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विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः ।

रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥

2.59

Transliteratie

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ |

rasavarjaṃ raso'pyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man leaving the longing (behind); but his longing also turns away on seeing the Supreme.

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Woord voor woord

sense objects
fall away
for one who abstains
of the embodied

except the taste
taste
even
his
the supreme
having seen
falls away

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

Krishna makes a careful observation. When the embodied one stops feeding the senses with their objects, the objects fall away, but the taste or longing (rasa) for them remains. Only when the highest is seen does even the taste disappear. The verse acknowledges that outward restraint alone is incomplete. Fasting or abstaining can remove the objects but not the hidden craving. True freedom comes from a higher experience that makes the old longings lose their hold, which different traditions describe in their own ways.