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Verse 5·22

The pleasure of the senses is temporary

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ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥

The enjoyments born of the touches of things are causes of sorrow, they have a beginning and an end; therefore the sage, the man of awakened understanding, budhaḥ, does not place his delight in these.

Gītā 5·22

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in