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== Sloka 2.59 ==

=== Sloka (श्लोक) ===

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विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः।
रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते।।2.59।।
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=== पदच्छेद / Padaccheda ===
विषयाः  
विनिवर्तन्ते  
निराहारस्य  
देहिनः  
रसवर्जम्  
रसोऽपि  
अस्य  
परम्  
दृष्ट्वा  
निवर्तते  

=== Transliteration (लिप्यांतरण) ===
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ।  
rasavarjaṁ raso'pyasya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate।।2.59।।  

=== Translation (अनुवाद) ===
The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent person, leaving the longing behind. Even this longing (rasa) turns away upon seeing the Supreme (param).

=== Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय के साथ शब्दार्थ) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sanskrit (संस्कृत) !! English Meaning (अर्थ) !! Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
|-
| विषयाः || senses || इन्द्रिय-विषय
|-
| विनिवर्तन्ते || turn away || हट जाते हैं
|-
| निराहारस्य || of the abstinent || निराहारी के
|-
| देहिनः || of the person/body || व्यक्ति के
|-
| रसवर्जम् || leaving the longing || स्वाद या चाह छोड़कर
|-
| रसः || taste/longing || रस
|-
| अपि || even || भी
|-
| अस्य || of this person || इस व्यक्ति का
|-
| परम् || the Supreme || परमात्मा को
|-
| दृष्ट्वा || having seen || देखकर
|-
| निवर्तते || turns away || हट जाता है
|}

=== कर्ता-क्रिया-विधान / S-V-O Tuples ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ कर्ता-क्रिया-विधान / Subject-Verb-Object (S-V-O) Tuples
! कर्ता (Subject) !! क्रिया (Verb) !! विधान (Object) !! अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद / English Translation !! हिंदी अनुवाद / Hindi Translation
|-
| विषयाः (senses) || विनिवर्तन्ते (turn away) || निराहारस्य देहिनः (from the abstinent person) || The senses turn away from the abstinent person || इन्द्रिय-विषय निराहारी व्यक्ति से हट जाते हैं
|-
| रसोऽपि (even the longing) || निवर्तते (turns away) || परं दृष्ट्वा (upon seeing the Supreme) || Even the longing turns away upon seeing the Supreme || परमात्मा को देखकर भी रस हट जाता है
|}

=== Important Concepts (महत्वपूर्ण अवधारणाएँ) ===
* [[Abstinence|nirāhāra (निराहार)]]
* [[Supreme|para (पर)]]
* [[Longing|rasa (रस)]]
* [[Sense Objects|viṣaya (विषय)]]

=== Categories (वर्गीकरण) ===
* Definitions
* Spiritual Practice
* Teaching a Method

=== Commentary (टीका) ===
This verse addresses the transformation resulting from spiritual practice. Initially, it suggests that sensory objects (viṣayāḥ) naturally desist from enticing a person who abstains (nirāhāra) or a practitioner of self-restraint (sādhanā). This suggests the importance of disciplined ascetic practices for distancing oneself from sensory engagement. However, merely abstaining does not eradicate the deeper seated 'taste' or longing (rasa) for these objects.

Swami Sivananda emphasizes that even with abstinence, subtle desires remain unless one attains a higher state of experience. As Swami Ramsukhdas explains, the longing persists because the internal rasa or taste remains unmet. The real shift happens when one encounters a superior experience—seeing the Supreme (paraṁ dṛṣṭvā). This visual or contemplative realization of the ultimate, the divine, results in the cessation of longing.

The passage highlights not just a physical withdrawal from worldly pleasures, but a transformative inner journey toward realizing something more profound and eternal. The withdrawal of sensory objects, or rather the desire for them, naturally follows as the individual's awareness shifts to a higher plane of consciousness, rendering the lesser experiences obsolete. The sādhanā or practice culminates in the direct experience of the Supreme, beyond which even the subtlest form of desire ceases to exist, indicating true spiritual progression.