SYNONYMS

ye–those; hi–certainly; samsparsa-jah–by contact with the material senses; bhogah–enjoyments; duhkha–distress; yonayah–sources of; eva–certainly; te–they are; adi–beginning; anta–end; vantah–subject to; kaunteya–O son of Kunti; na–never; tesu–in those; ramate–takes delight; budhah–the intelligent person.

TRANSLATION

An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.