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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 22 (5.22) means: The pleasures born of contact are only sources of pain, Arjuna, for they begin and they end. The wise take no delight in them.
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ
The pleasures born of contact are only sources of pain, Arjuna, for they begin and they end. The wise take no delight in them.
अर्जुन, विषयों के संपर्क से उपजे सुख दुःख के ही स्रोत हैं, क्योंकि इनका आरंभ और अंत होता है। ज्ञानी इनमें आनंद नहीं लेते।
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It is verse 22 of Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 29 verses in total.
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