Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 59

विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः । रसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ | rasa-varjaṁ raso 'py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||

Sense objects turn away from one who abstains, but the taste for them remains. Even this taste ceases for one who has seen the Supreme.

Arjuna asks: if willpower alone isn't enough, what is? Krishna reveals two levels. Through discipline—viṣayā vinivartante—you can turn away from sense-objects. Stop the behavior. But rasa-varjam—the taste, the craving remains. You're not scrolling, but you're thinking about it. Not drinking, but wanting to. Objects gone, craving persists—that's suppression, not freedom. Real freedom? Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā—when you experience something genuinely higher, even the taste ceases. Not forcing yourself to resist, but naturally losing interest because you've found something better. That's the difference between white-knuckling and transcendence.