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Renunciation and Action
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः
ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ
The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginnings and their endings. The wise person does not rejoice in them.
ye—which · hi—verily · sansparśha-jāḥ—born of contact with the sense objects · bhogāḥ—pleasures · duḥkha—misery · yonayaḥ—source of · eva—verily · te—they are · ādya-antavantaḥ—having beginning and end · kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti · na—never · teṣhu—in those · ramate—takes delight · budhaḥ—the wise
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