Learn·Chapter 5 · Renunciation of action·Verse 22 of 29
Bhagavad Gītā 5.22, word by word
BG 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः
ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ
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In English
The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginnings and their endings. The wise person does not rejoice in them.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
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.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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