Shloka 28
ऋभु–निदाघ-संवादः—अद्वैत-उपदेशः, समता, वासुदेव-स्वरूप-एकत्वम्
अमृष्टं जायते मृष्टं मृष्टाद् उद्विजते जनः आदिमध्यावसानेषु किम् अन्नं रुचिकारकम्
amṛṣṭaṃ jāyate mṛṣṭaṃ mṛṣṭād udvijate janaḥ ādimadhyāvasāneṣu kim annaṃ rucikārakam
രുചിയില്ലാത്തതിൽ നിന്നു രുചികരം ജനിക്കുന്നു; എങ്കിലും രുചികരത്തിൽ നിന്നുമേയും മനുഷ്യർ മടുത്ത് പിന്മാറുന്നു. പറയുക—ആദി, മധ്യം, അവസാനം ഇവയിൽ ഏത് ആഹാരമാണ് സത്യത്തിൽ സദാ രുചികരം?
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya, illustrating the fickleness of sense-taste and desire)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Why sensory delight is inherently unstable—how even the ‘seasoned’ becomes a cause of weariness—and what can truly satisfy.
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: probing, rhetorical instruction aimed at dispassion
Concept: Sense-pleasures mutate and exhaust themselves—what begins as attractive becomes tiresome—so no object can remain delightful through beginning, middle, and end.
Vedantic Theme: Maya
Application: Track the lifecycle of cravings (anticipation → enjoyment → fatigue) to weaken compulsive pursuit and choose steadier spiritual practices.
Vishishtadvaita: The verse implicitly contrasts transient object-based rasa with enduring joy grounded in the Lord, encouraging turning desire toward bhagavad-anubhava.
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse uses food as a metaphor to show that sensory pleasure is unreliable: even what seems delightful quickly becomes tiresome, prompting the seeker to value steadier, dharmic aims.
He points to a universal pattern—people move from plain to refined tastes, then still feel aversion—demonstrating that the mind’s craving, not the object, drives dissatisfaction.
By exposing the limits of sense-enjoyment, the teaching implicitly redirects the listener toward Vishnu as the stable Supreme Reality and true refuge beyond fluctuating pleasures.