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Chapter 2 · Verse 59The Yoga of Knowledge

Bhagavad Gita 2.59

BG 2.59 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 59, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः | रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ||२-५९||

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viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ . rasavarjaṃ raso.apyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||2-59||

Roman: vishaya vinivartante niraharasya dehinah . rasavarjam raso.apyasya param drshtva nivartate

The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man leaving the longing (behind); but his longing also turns away on seeing the Supreme.