ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te |ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ ||
- संस्पर्शजाः · saṃsparśajāḥ
- born of contact
- भोगाः · bhogāḥ
- enjoyments
- दुःखयोनयः · duḥkhayonayaḥ
- wombs of suffering
- आद्यन्तवन्तः · ādyantavantaḥ
- having beginning and end
- कौन्तेय · kaunteya
- O son of Kunti
- रमते · ramate
- delights
- बुधः · budhaḥ
- the wise
“Pleasures born of contact are wombs of suffering, with beginning and end, O son of Kunti. The wise do not delight in them.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sense pleasures are diagnosed by their expiry dates: whatever starts and stops cannot satisfy. Calling them birthplaces of pain is deliberately stark. Wisdom is shown as refusal, not indulgence.
— Reader's notes (original)