Bhagavad Gita 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः॥
ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ
Translation
The delights that are contact-born, they are verily wombs of pain, for they have beginning and ending, O Kaunteya; not in them may rejoice the wise.
What it means
Pleasures born of contact are wombs of suffering, for they have beginnings and ends; the wise do not rejoice in them. The verdict is not moral but structural: anything that starts can stop, so it cannot be the ground of happiness.
Try this today
Every pleasure with a start date has an end date built in; treating it as lasting is the setup for pain.
Something to reflect on
Which of my pleasures am I pretending is permanent?
Read it in Yathora