Word meanings
- viṣayāḥ
- 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
- dṛṣṭvā
- on realization
- nivartate
- ceases to be
Translations
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.
The objects of sense turn away from him who is abstinent. Even the taste for them is lost in him who has seen the Truth.
The objects recede from an abstinent person, except for the taste for them. Even this taste falls away after realization of the Absolute.
निराहारी (इन्द्रियोंको विषयोंसे हटानेवाले) मनुष्यके भी विषय तो निवृत्त हो जाते हैं, पर रस निवृत्त नहीं होता। परन्तु इस स्थितप्रज्ञ मनुष्यका तो रस भी परमात्मतत्त्वका अनुभव होनेसे निवृत्त हो जाता है।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.