Shloka 59
Sankhya Yoga — Sankhya Yoga
विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः । रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥ २.५९ ॥
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ | rasavarjaṃ raso 'py asya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate || 2.59 ||
വിഷയഭോഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിരതനായ (നിരാഹാരനായ) ദേഹിയുടെയും വിഷയങ്ങൾ പിന്വാങ്ങുന്നു; എന്നാൽ അവയുടെ ‘രസം’—ആസക്തി—ശേഷിക്കുന്നു. പരമത്തെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ ആ രസവും പിന്വാങ്ങിപ്പോകുന്നു.
विषय तो निराहार (विषय-भोग से विरत) देही के भी निवृत्त हो जाते हैं, परन्तु उनका रस (आसक्ति) रह जाता है; वह रस भी परम को देखकर निवृत्त हो जाता है।
Sense-objects fall away for the embodied one who abstains, but the ‘taste’ remains; even that taste ceases upon seeing the Supreme.
‘Rasa’ is interpreted as residual craving/affective attraction. ‘Paraṃ dṛṣṭvā’ is variously read as direct realization of the highest reality (Brahman) or an elevating vision of the Supreme (Īśvara); both imply that deeper insight, not mere suppression, ends craving.
FAQs
Behavioral restraint can remove exposure, yet the underlying attraction may persist; lasting change occurs when one’s value-system and perception shift at a deeper level.
‘Seeing the Supreme’ indicates a knowledge/realization that reorients desire away from transient objects toward the highest reality.
It balances the previous verse’s emphasis on withdrawal by explaining why mere withdrawal is insufficient without insight.
Recovery and habit-change models similarly distinguish avoidance from inner transformation through insight, meaning, and sustained practice.