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Bhagavad-gītā 5.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।
- आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥२२॥
- ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā
- duḥkha-yonaya eva te
- ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya
- na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
yethose — those; hicertainly — certainly; saṁsparśaby contact with the material senses-jāḥby contact with the material senses — by contact with the material senses; bhogāḥenjoyments — enjoyments; duḥkhadistress — distress; yonayaḥsources of — sources of; evacertainly — certainly; tethey are — they are; ādibeginning — beginning; antaend — end; vantaḥsubject to — subject to; kaunteyaO son of Kuntī — O son of Kuntī; nanever — never; teṣuin those — in those; ramatetakes delight — takes delight; budhaḥthe intelligent person — the intelligent person.
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kuntī, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.
Material sense pleasures are due to the contact of the material senses, which are all temporary because the body itself is temporary. A liberated soul is not interested in anything which is temporary. Knowing well the joys of transcendental pleasures, how can a liberated soul agree to enjoy false pleasure? In the Padma Purāṇa it is said:
- ramante yogino 'nante
- satyānande cid-ātmani
- iti rāma-padenāsau
- paraṁ brahmābhidhīyate
- (CC Madhya 9.29, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.)
"The mystics derive unlimited transcendental pleasures from the Absolute Truth, and therefore the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is also known as Rāma."
In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also (SB 5.5.1, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.) it is said:
- nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛ-loke
- kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye
- tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ
- śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam
"My dear sons, there is no reason to labor very hard for sense pleasure while in this human form of life; such pleasures are available to the stool-eaters [hogs]. Rather, you should undergo penances in this life by which your existence will be purified, and as a result you will be able to enjoy unlimited transcendental bliss."
Therefore, those who are true yogīs or learned transcendentalists are not attracted by sense pleasures, which are the causes of continuous material existence. The more one is addicted to material pleasures, the more he is entrapped by material miseries.