Gita Verse 2.59

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 59

Sanskrit Verse

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः।

रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते।।2.59।।

Transliteration

viṣhayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ

rasa-varjaṁ raso ’pyasya paraṁ dṛiṣhṭvā nivartate

Word meanings

viṣhayāḥ—objects for senses; vinivartante—restrain; nirāhārasya—practicing self restraint; dehinaḥ—for the embodied; rasa-varjam—cessation of taste; rasaḥ—taste; api—however; asya—person’s; param—the Supreme; dṛiṣhṭvā—on realization; nivartate—ceases to be

Swami Sivananda's translation

The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man, leaving the longing behind; but his longing also turns away upon seeing the Supreme.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 2