Ye hi samsparsha-ja bhoga duhkha-yonaya eva te, adyantavantah kaunteya na teshu ramate budhah
Enjoyments born of sense contact are sources of suffering; they have a beginning and an end, O son of Kunti. The wise person does not delight in them. Pleasures rooted in sensory contact are inherently transient and therefore ultimately unsatisfying.
- •Sense-born pleasures are inherently linked to suffering
- •All sensory pleasures have a beginning and an end
- •The wise seek joy that is independent of external stimuli
Tam vidyad duhkha-samyoga-viyogam yoga-samjnitam, sa nishchayena yoktavyo yogo 'nirviinna-chetasa
The state of freedom from all miseries is known as yoga. This yoga should be practiced with determination and an undepressed mind.
- •Yoga means freedom from suffering
- •Practice requires determination
- •Maintain positive mindset
Mam upetya punar janma duhkhalayam ashashvatam, napnuvanti mahatmanah samsiddhim paramam gatah
Having attained Me, the great souls are no longer subject to rebirth in this temporary world of misery, having achieved the highest perfection.
- •Union with God ends the cycle of rebirth
- •Liberation from suffering is possible
- •The highest achievement is divine union
sukham tv idanim tri-vidham srinu me bharatarsabha abhyasad ramate yatra duhkhantam ca nigacchati
Now hear from me the three kinds of happiness, O best of the Bharatas — the happiness in which one rejoices through practice and in which one reaches the end of sorrow. Even happiness must be examined through the lens of the gunas.
- •Happiness itself is threefold according to the gunas
- •Genuine happiness leads to the cessation of suffering, not just momentary pleasure
- •Spiritual practice reveals the higher kinds of happiness unavailable to the unexamined life