| 22. For, those
delights which are born of contacts are only generators of pain, having
a beginning and an end, O son of Kunti ; a wise man rejoices not in them.The
pleasures that are caused by contacts of the senses with senseobjects are
only generators of pain, since those delights are caused by nescience (avidya).
We do find that all troubles arising in the body (adhyatmika). etc are traceable
to them (delights) only. As in this world, so in the other,as the word only
indicates. Seeing that there is no trace of joy in the samsara, the devotee
should withdraw the senses from the mirage of senseobjects. Not only do
the delights cause pain, but also they have a beginning and an end, The
contact of a sense with its object marks the beginning of a pleasure, and
their separation its end. Delights are temporary, occurring in the moment
of interval (between the origin and the end.) A man who possesses discrimination
and who has realised the Supreme Reality does not rejoice in them. It is
only quite ignorant persons that are, like cattle and the like, found rejoice
in the senseobjects.The path of Nirvana.And there is also a wicked thing,
an enemy on the path to Bliss, a most difficult thing to deal with, the
source of all evil, very difficult to ward off, so that, very mighty efforts
should be made, says the Lord, to repel the enemy: |
