Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 2.59
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 2.59 · 2 · Verse 59
Sanskrit Original
।।2.59।।न चैतल्लक्षणं ज्ञानमयत्नतो भवतीत्याहोत्तरश्लोकैः। निराहारत्वेन विषयभोगसामर्थ्याभाव एव भवति इतरविषयाकाङ्क्षाभावो वा रसाकाङ्क्षादिर्न निवर्तते स त्वपरोक्षज्ञानादेव निवर्तत इत्याह विषया इति।इन्द्रियाणि जयन्त्याशु निराहारा मनीषिणः। वर्जयित्वा तु रसनमसौ रस्ये हि वर्धते इति वचनाद्भागवते 11।8।20 रसशब्दस्य रागवाचिन्वाच्च।
The verse that follows does not portray that mark as arising merely from effort. Fasting alone removes the capacity for sense-object enjoyment; absence of desire for other objects or for taste does not turn one away — he is turned away only by direct knowledge. The Mahābhāgavata passage says the senses are conquered quickly by fasting; the word ‘rasa’ (taste) indicates longing or attachment.