BG - 5.22

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।

ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ

• ye - which
• hi - verily
• sansparśha-jāḥ - born of contact with the sense objects
• bhogāḥ - pleasures
• duḥkha - misery
• yonayaḥ - source of
• eva - verily
• te - they are
• ādya-antavantaḥ - having beginning and end
• kaunteya - Arjun, the son of Kunti
• na - never
• teṣhu - in those
• ramate - takes delight
• budhaḥ - the wise

Translation

The enjoyments that arise from contact are only sources of pain, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise do not rejoice in them.

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