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truth. The unwise man is the slave of senses,
and as such suffers a lot, commits sins and
wrongful acts, undergoes distress himself and
makes others grieve, and passes his life
lamenting over the past. Nobody has so far
been able to satisfy the greed of the senses.
They are insatiable. A man tastes different
kinds of delicious sweets during his life. Even
then, his mouth, at the mention of sweets,
starts watering in his later age also. This is
the lust of the senses. The senses are
irresistibly drawn towards their objects as are
the animals towards the green grass. Overly
attached to the pleasurable objects, they stray
into wilderness. Gita advises us, the worldly
people:
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"One, who has controlled his senses, is
truly the learned man." Only such a man