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Bhagavad Gītā 2.59, word by word
BG 2.59
विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः। रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते
viṣhayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’pyasya paraṁ dṛiṣhṭvā nivartate
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In English
The objects of sense turn away from him who is abstinent. Even the taste for them is lost in him who has seen the Truth.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
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.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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