BG - 2.59

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः। रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते।।2.59।।

viṣhayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’pyasya paraṁ dṛiṣhṭvā nivartate

• viṣhayāḥ - objects for senses
• vinivartante - restrain
• nirāhārasya - practicing self restraint
• dehinaḥ - for the embodied
• rasa-varjam - cessation of taste
• rasaḥ - taste
• api - however
• asya - person’s
• param - the Supreme
• dṛiṣhṭvā - on realization
• nivartate - ceases to be

Translation

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

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