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Bhagavad Gita 2.59

Sankhya Yoga

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः | रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ||

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso 'py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate

English

Though the embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness.

हिन्दी

विषयों से विषयी (जीव) तो निवृत्त हो जाता है, परन्तु रस (स्वाद) नहीं जाता; परन्तु परमात्मा को देख लेने पर रस (स्वाद) भी निवृत्त हो जाता है।