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"The transient joy, born of contact
between the senses and the objects, ends up
in agony." The end of joys is painful. What is
favourable before the actual experience is not
the same afterwards. When the mind pursues
blindly the directionless activities of the
senses, the man is bound to meet his downfall.
Lord Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna that
because of excessive desires and enjoyments,
the man is distressed, disturbed, worried and
trapped in conflicts. There is no end to desires.
The more the longing, the more are the
worries and efforts to fulfil the longing. No
one has so far been able to satisfy all his
desires. When one is fulfilled, the other arises
at once in a different form.
As there are waves of water in the pond,
so are there the waves of desires and longings
in the heart. Knowledgeable man is one who