Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 15
Had there been happiness in sense-objects, prosperous persons possessing all the luxuries would have been happy, but they also undergo sufferings and disquietude. Enjoyment of pleasure, results in loss of wealth, health, quietude, patience, happiness and honour etc.[1]
As thirst is not quenched by drinking water in a dream, so can a man not attain peace, by enjoying objects of senses. A man thinks, that he will attain peace through prosperity and pleasure. But the more prosperity he acquires and the more pleasure he enjoys, the keener desire he has, to acquire and enjoy these.[2] "All the riches of the world, all beautiful women, all excellent objects cannot satisfy a man even if he acquires all of them" (Visnupurana 4/10/24; Maha. Adi. 85/13). Because the soul, is a fragment of God and is sentient, while sense-objects, are fragments of prakrti (Nature) and are insentient. So how can insentient and perishable, satisfy the sentient and imperishable? As thirst cannot be quenched, even by the most delicious dishes without water, so can, the thirst for God-realization, not be quenched by insentient mundane objects. The more he possesses them, the more hungry, he feels. |
References
- ↑ We have not enjoyed pleasures (the objects of senses). The objects of senses have enjoyed us; we have not performed penances, penances have burnt us; time has not been spent, we have been spent; desire has not decayed but we have decayed.
- ↑ Desire is never satisfied after enjoying the sensual pleasures but it is rather strengthened in the same way as fire burns up when clarified ghee is added to it (Manu. 2/94).