Chapter 2, Verse 59
Sankhya Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
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
English 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.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Knowledge of the Self alone can destroy in toto the subtle Vasanas (latent tendencies) and all the subtle desires; all subtle attachments and even the longing for objects. By practising severe austerities; by abandoning the sensual objects; the objects of the senses may turn away from the ascetic but the relish or taste or longing for the objects will still remain.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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