🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 5.22

Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga · "The Yoga of Action-Renunciation" · Verse 22 of 29

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
— Bhagavad-Gītā 5.22 · Devanāgarī root text

🪷 English Translations

5 received English translations are available for this śloka. Each voice is labelled; no single rendering is presented as the Sanskrit itself.

Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 edition attribution in the received data
5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
5.22 The enjoyments that are born of contacts are only generators of pain, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise man does not rejoice in them.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
5.22 Hi, since; bhogah, enjoyments; ye samsparsajah, that result from contact with objects, that arise from contact between the objects and the organs; are eva, verily; duhkha-yonayah, sources of sorrow, because they are creations of ignorance. It is certainly a matter of experience that physical and other sorrows are created by that itself. By the use of the word eva (verily), it is understood that, as it happens here in this world, so does it even in the other world. Realizing that there is not the least trace of happiness in the world, one should withdraw the organs from the objects which are comparable to a mirage. Not only are they sources of sorrow, they also adi-antavantah, have a beginning and an end. Adi (beginning) of enjoyments consists in the contact between objects and senses, and their end (anta), indeed, is the loss of that contact. Hence, they have a beginning and an end, they are impermanent, being present in the intervening moment. This is the meaning. (Therefore) O son of Kunti, budhah, the wise one, the discriminating person who has realized the Reality which is the supreme Goal; na ramate, does not delight; tesu, in them, in enjoyments. For delight in objects is seen only in very foolish beings, as for instance in animals etc. This extremely painful evil, which is opposed to the path of Bliss and is the source of getting all miseries, is difficult to resist. Therefore one must make the utmost effort to avoid it. Hence the Lord says:;
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
5.22 Those pleasures which result from the contact of sense objects with the senses, are the wombs of pain, i.e., have pain as their ultimate fruit 'They have a beginning and an end,' i.e., they are seen to remain only for a brief period and the reaction that follows their cessation is painful. He who knows what they themselves are, i.e., know themselves as Atman, will not find pleasure in them.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
5.22. Whosoever, right here, before abandoning the body, is capable of bearing the force sprung from desire and wrath-he is considered to be a man of Yoga and a happy man.

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

Received Hindi rendering attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi rendering · source-data attribution
।।5.22।। क्योंकि हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! जो इन्द्रियों और विषयोंके संयोगसे पैदा होनेवाले भोग (सुख) हैं, वे आदि-अन्तवाले और दुःखके ही कारण हैं। अतः विवेकशील मनुष्य उनमें रमण नहीं करता।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

5 received English commentary layers are available for this śloka. Open only the voice you wish to study.

Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
5.22 ये which? हि verily? संस्पर्शजाः contactborn? भोगाः enjoyments? दुःखयोनयः generators of pain? एव only? ते they? आद्यन्तवन्तः having beginning and end? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya? न not? तेषु in those? रमते rejoices? बुधः the wise.Commentary Man goes in est of joy and searches in the external perishable objects for his happiness. He fails to get it but instead he carries a load of sorrow on his head.You should withdraw the senses from the senseobjects as there is no trace of happiness in them and fix the min on the immortal? blissful Self within. The senseobjects have a beginning and an end. Separation from the senseobjects gives you a lot of pain. During the interval between the origin and the end you experience a hollow? momentary? illusory pleasure. This fleeting pleasure is due to Avidya or ignorance. Even in the other world you will have the same experience. He who is endowed with discrimination or the knowledge of the Self will never rejoice in these sensual objects. Only ignorant persons who are passionate will rejoice in the senseobjects. (Cf.II.14?XVIII.38)
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
5.22 Hi, since; bhogah, enjoyments; ye samsparsajah, that result from contact with objects, that arise from contact between the objects and the organs; are eva, verily; duhkha-yonayah, sources of sorrow, because they are creations of ignorance. It is certainly a matter of experience that physical and other sorrows are created by that itself. By the use of the word eva (verily), it is understood that, as it happens here in this world, so does it even in the other world. Realizing that there is not the least trace of happiness in the world, one should withdraw the organs from the objects which are comparable to a mirage. Not only are they sources of sorrow, they also adi-antavantah, have a beginning and an end. Adi (beginning) of enjoyments consists in the contact between objects and senses, and their end (anta), indeed, is the loss of that contact. Hence, they have a beginning and an end, they are impermanent, being present in the intervening moment. This is the meaning. (Therefore) O son of Kunti, budhah, the wise one, the discriminating person who has realized the Reality which is the supreme Goal; na ramate, does not delight; tesu, in them, in enjoyments. For delight in objects is seen only in very foolish beings, as for instance in animals etc. This extremely painful evil, which is opposed to the path of Bliss and is the source of getting all miseries, is difficult to resist. Therefore one must make the utmost effort to avoid it. Hence the Lord says:;
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
5.22 Those pleasures which result from the contact of sense objects with the senses, are the wombs of pain, i.e., have pain as their ultimate fruit 'They have a beginning and an end,' i.e., they are seen to remain only for a brief period and the reaction that follows their cessation is painful. He who knows what they themselves are, i.e., know themselves as Atman, will not find pleasure in them.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
5.22 Ye hi etc. He considers indeed as follows : 'All enjoyments born of the external objects are in the form of causes of misery; and even otherwise , they are impermanent'.
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।5.22।। आत्मा के अनन्त आनन्द का अनुभव करने के लिए हम साधक लोग भी विषयासक्ति से मुक्त होने का प्रयत्न करते हैं। एक सामान्य स्तर का बुद्धिमान् पुरुष भी यदि जीवन के अनुभवों पर विचार करे तो वह समझ सकता है कि अनित्य विषयों में सुख की खोज करना कोई लाभदायक व्यापार नहीं है। हमारे सभी अनुभवों में उपयोगिता के ह्रास का नियम समान रूप से कार्य करता है। जो वस्तु प्रारम्भ में सुख देती है वही कुछ समय पश्चात् अत्यन्त दुखदायी भी बन जाती है। भूखे होने पर पहले और पच्चीसवें लड्डू को खाते समय हमारे क्या अनुभव होगें इसका प्रत्यक्ष प्रयोग करके देखा जा सकता है जो इस मूलभूत सत्य को प्रमाणित करेगा कि वैषयिक उपभोग सदा ही दुख के कारण होते हैं।इन्द्रियोपभोग की वस्तुएँ उतनी ही सुन्दर एवं सुखदायक हो सकती हैं जितनी कि कुष्ठ रोगिणी कोई वेश्या जो सौन्दर्य़ प्रसाधनों से सजधज कर किसी व्यापारिक नगरी की अंधेरी संकरी गली में स्थित अपने कोठेमें अनजाने लोगों को लुभाने का प्रयत्न करती खड़ी रहती है। श्रीकृष्ण इस तथ्य को सुन्दर शैली में समझाते हुए कहते हैं कि वैषयिक सुख अनित्य होने के कारण विवेकी पुरुष को मोहित नहीं कर सकते।बुद्धिमान् पुरुष पूर्णत्व प्राप्ति से ही सन्तुष्ट होता है। हम भौतिक परिच्छिन्न वस्तुओं के पीछे अधिक सन्तोष और आनन्द पाने की आशा में दौड़दौड़ कर स्वयं को थका लेते हैं और उस झूठी आशा में न जाने कितने हीन कर्म भी करते हैं। जबकि वास्तविक शुद्ध दिव्य और पूर्ण आनन्द केवल आत्मानुभूति के द्वारा ही प्राप्त हो सकता है।श्रेय मार्ग का एक और प्रतिपक्षी शत्रु है जो सब अनर्थों का कारण तथा दुर्जेय है इसलिये सबके परिहार के लिये प्रयत्नाधिक्य की आवश्यकता है। भगवान् कहते हैं

🪷 Hindi Vyākhyā · हिन्दी व्याख्या

Received Hindi vyākhyā attributed in the source data to Swami Rāmsukhdās ji.

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Hindi vyākhyā · source-data attribution
5.22।। व्याख्या--'ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगाः'--शब्द, स्पर्श, रूप, रस और गन्ध--इन विषयोंसे इन्द्रियोंका रागपूर्वक सम्बन्ध होनेपर जो सुख प्रतीत होता है, उसे 'भोग' कहते हैं। सम्बन्ध-जन्य अर्थात् इन्द्रिय-जन्य भोगमें मनुष्य कभी स्वतन्त्र नहीं है। सुख-सुविधा और मान-बड़ाई मिलनेपर प्रसन्न होना भोग है। अपनी बुद्धिमें जिस सिद्धान्तका आदर है, दूसरे व्यक्तिसे उसी सिद्धान्तकी प्रशंसा सुनकर जो प्रसन्नता होतीहै, सुख होता है, वह भी एक प्रकारका भोग ही है। तात्पर्य यह है कि परमात्माके सिवाय जितने भी प्रकृतिजन्य प्राणी, पदार्थ, परिस्थितियाँ, अवस्थाएँ आदि हैं, उनसे किसी भी प्रकृति-जन्य करणके द्वारा सुखकी अनुभूति करना भोग ही है।शास्त्रनिषिद्ध भोग तो सर्वथा त्याज्य हैं ही, शास्त्र-विहित भोग भी परमात्मप्राप्तिमें बाधक होनेसे त्याज्य ही हैं। कारण कि जडताके सम्बन्धके बिना भोग नहीं होता, जब कि परमात्मप्राप्तिके लिये जडतासे सम्बन्ध-विच्छेद करना आवश्यक है। 'आद्यन्तवन्तः'--सम्पूर्ण भोग आने-जानेवाले हैं, अनित्य हैं, परिवर्तनशील हैं (गीता 2। 14)। ये कभी एकरूप रह सकते ही नहीं। तात्पर्य है कि इन भोगोंकी स्वयंके साथ किसी भी अंशमें एकता नहीं है। भोग आने-जानेवाले हैं और स्वयं सदा रहनेवाला है। भोग जड हैं और स्वयं चेतन है। भोग विकारी हैं और स्वयं निर्विकार है। भोग आदि-अन्तवाले हैं और स्वयं आदि-अन्तसे रहित है। इसलिये स्वयंको भोगोंसे कभी सुख नहीं मिल सकता। जीव परमात्माका अंश है--'ममैवांशो जीवलोके' (गीता 15। 7), इसलिये उसे परमात्मासे ही अक्षय सुख मिल सकता है--'स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते' (गीता 5। 21)।भोग आने-जानेवाले हैं--इस तरफ ध्यान जाते ही सुख-दुःखका प्रभाव कम हो जाता है। इसलिये 'आद्यन्तवन्तः' पद भोगोंके प्रभावको मिटानेके लिये औषधरूप है।

🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā

← Previous verse · BG 5.21Adhyāya 5Next verse · BG 5.23 →
📚 Cite this verse · Academic citation formats
APA: Vyāsa Maharṣi. (n.d.). Bhagavad-Gītā 5.22. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-17, from https://vidhyamitra.com/bhagavad-gita/5/22
Chicago: Vyāsa Maharṣi. "Bhagavad-Gītā 5.22." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-17. https://vidhyamitra.com/bhagavad-gita/5/22.
MLA: Vyāsa Maharṣi. "Bhagavad-Gītā 5.22." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/bhagavad-gita/5/22.
Canonical reading URL: https://vidhyamitra.com/bhagavad-gita/5/22. This citation identifies Vidhyamitra's received digital witness; consult a named scholarly or printed edition when edition-specific authority is required.

Continue the Pāṭha

Source and edition boundary

This page is rendered from the pinned 701-address witness documented on the Gītā index. Publication and search-indexing authorization for every bundled translation and commentary layer was confirmed on 4 August 2026; the exact received recension boundary remains disclosed separately.

🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷

सर्वम् कृष्णार्पणम् — this verse is one maṇi (jewel) on Krishna's thread (BG 7.7)