BG 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥
ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te
ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; bhogāḥ — all enjoyments; ye — which; saṁsparśa-jāḥ — [are] born of sense contacts; te hi — they indeed; yonayaḥ eva — [are] only sources; duḥkha — [of] misery; ādi-antavantaḥ — having a beginning and an end; budhaḥ — [therefore] the wise; na ramate — do not indulge; teṣu — in them.
Translation
O son of Kuntī, all enjoyments born of sense contacts are only sources of misery, having a beginning and an end. Therefore, the wise do not indulge in them.