I can't stop wanting more
Five verses to read slowly, in this order.
- 2.70
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं
समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।
तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥āpūryamāṇam achala-pratiṣhṭhaṁ
He attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.
samudram āpaḥ praviśhanti yadvat
tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśhanti sarve
sa śhāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī - 2.71
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।
निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति ॥vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumānśh charati niḥspṛihaḥ
That person attains peace who, abandoning all desires, moves about without longing, without the sense of ownership, and without egoism.
nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sa śhāntim adhigachchhati - 3.39
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा।
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā
O Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise, in the form of desire, which is insatiable like fire.
kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣhpūreṇānalena cha - 16.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ
There are three gates to this hell, destructive of the self: lust, anger, and greed; therefore, one should abandon these three.
kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet - 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te
The enjoyments that arise from contact are only sources of pain, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise do not rejoice in them.
ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ