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The Eternal Self and Selfless Action
विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः। रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते
viṣhayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’pyasya paraṁ dṛiṣhṭvā nivartate
The objects of sense turn away from him who is abstinent. Even the taste for them is lost in him who has seen the Truth.
viṣhayāḥ—objects for senses · vinivartante—restrain · nirāhārasya—practicing self restraint · dehinaḥ—for the embodied · rasa-varjam—cessation of taste · rasaḥ—taste · api—however · asya—person’s · param—the Supreme · dṛiṣhṭvā—on realization · nivartate—ceases to be
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