Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 65

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-2 Sankhya Yogaḥ

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ | rasa-varjaṁ raso’pyasya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate || 59 || 59. The objects of senses turn away from the abstinent one, leaving only the predilection behind. Even this predilection turns away when the Supreme is seen. Commentary From one who has withdrawn the senses from sense-objects, these sense-objects, being rejected, turn away, but not the predilection for them. Predilection (rasa) means ‘hankering’. The meaning is that the hankering for the sense-objects does not vanish by abstinence alone. But even this hankering will evaporate, when one realises that the essential nature of the ātman is superior to the sense-objects and that this Self-realisation gives greater pleasure than any sense gratification.