Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.22

ye hi saḿsparśa-jā bhogā

duḥkha-yonaya eva te

ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya

na teṣu ramate budhaḥ

SYNONYMS

ye — those; hi — certainly; saḿsparśa-jāḥ — by contact with the material senses; bhogāḥ — enjoyments; duḥkha — distress; yonayaḥ — sources of; eva — certainly; te — theyare; ādi — beginning; anta — end; vantaḥ — subject to; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; na — never; teṣu — in those; ramate — takes delight; budhaḥ — the intelligent person.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

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

paraḿ brahmābhidhīyate

"The mystics derive unlimited transcendental pleasures from the Absolute Truth, and therefore the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is also known asRāma."

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also (5.5.1) it is said:

nāyaḿ deho deha-bhājāḿ nṛ-loke

kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāḿ ye

tapo divyaḿ putrakā yena sattvaḿ

śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaḿ 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.

An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses

Sri Sri Radha Shyama Sundara, Alachua, Florida, US

Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.15.15] 

TEXT 14:

aham vaisvanaro bhutva
praninam deham asritah
pranapana-samayuktah
pacamy annam catur-vidham

 

TRANSLATION:

I am the fire of digestion in the bodies of all living entities, and I join
with the air of life, outgoing and incoming, to digest the four kinds of
foodstuff.

 

PURPORT:

According to Ayur-vedic sastra, we understand that there is a fire in the
stomach which digests all food sent there. When the fire is not blazing
there is no hunger, and when the fire is in order we become hungry.
Sometimes when the fire is not going nicely, treatment is required. In any
case, this fire is representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Vedic mantras (Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad 5.9.1) also confirm that the
Supreme Lord or Brahman is situated in the form of fire within the stomach
and is digesting all kinds of foodstuff (ayam agnir vaisvanaro yo 'yam antah
purushe yenedam annam pacyate). Therefore since He is helping the digestion
of all kinds of foodstuff, the living entity is not independent in the
eating process. Unless the Supreme Lord helps him in digesting, there is no
possibility of eating. He thus produces and digests foodstuff, and by His
grace we are enjoying life. In the Vedanta-sutra (1.2.27) this is also
confirmed. Sabdadibhyo 'ntah pratishthanac ca: the Lord is situated within
sound and within the body, within the air and even within the stomach as the
digestive force. There are four kinds of foodstuff—some are drunk, some are
chewed, some are licked up, and some are sucked—and He is the digestive
force for all of them. 

Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada

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Dinesh
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