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vanishes. Only memory remains. So long the
tongue is in company of delicious meals, it
enjoys the taste. The moment meals are over,
the joy of taste too evaporates. The same is
true of other senses — eyes, ears, nose, skin
— with their respective objects. The fickle
human mind runs after the newly emerging
worldly objects. It does not allow the man to
rest for a while. The ordinary man is losing
fast the precious years of his life in the narrow
alleys of sensual enjoyment. The worldly
objects giving you the transient pleasure today
will cause pain later. The food tasting fine in
the present moment, becomes troublesome
in the later one.
Lord Shri na says: '0 Arjuna! all
the worldly enjoyments have a beginning and
an end. They exist today, are gone tomorrow.
The wise do not indulge in such transient and
mortal enjoyments. They do not take these
for everything in life. They use them for