Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 2.59
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 2.59 · 2 · Verse 59
Sanskrit Original
।।2.59।।इन्द्रियाणाम् आहारो विषयाः निराहारस्य विषयेभ्यः प्रत्याहृतेन्द्रियस्य देहिनो विषयाः विनिवर्तमाना रसवर्जं विनिवर्तन्ते। रसो रागः विषयरागो न निवर्तते इत्यर्थः। रागः अपि आत्मस्वरूपं विषयेभ्यः परं सुखतरं दृष्ट्वा विनिवर्तते।
2.59 The sense objects are the food of the senses. From the abstinent embodied being, i.e., from one who has withdrawn his senses from objects, these sense-objects, being rejected by him, turn away, but not the relish for them. Relish means hankering. The meaning is that the hankering for the sense-objects does not go away by abstinence alone. But even this hankering will go away, when one sees that the essential nature of the self is superior to the sense-objects and that the realisation of this self gives greater happiness than the enjoyment of sense-objects.