Meaning
Supreme God Krishna spoke
The pleasures stemming from external objects of the senses are transient, with a definite beginning and end. They become sources of misery {when indulged without self-restraint}; therefore, the enlightened ones do not form attachments to them. (5:22)
Sanskrit
श्रीभगवान् उवाच
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥
Word-by-word
ये हि संस्पर्श-जाः भोगाः, दुःख-योनयः एव ते;
आदि-अन्त-वन्तः कौन्तेय, न तेषु रमते बुधः।