Manava Dharmashastra 2.95

2.95

pūrvokta hetutvenopajīvyāyaṃ nigamaślokaḥ paṭhitaḥ | yadā sevayā vardhate kāmaḥ ato ya etānkāmānkāmī sarvānprāpnuyātsevetānekamaṇḍaleśvara iva taruṇaḥ, yaścaitāṃstyajati kevalāni īṣadapi na spṛśati naiṣṭhika eva bālaḥ | tayoryaḥ prāpako bhoktā tasmātsa viśiṣyate | atiśayena śreṣṭho bhavati yaḥ parityajediti | etaccātmapratyakṣam |

As between one who would attain all these, and another who would renounce them all, the renunciation of desires surf asses the attainment of

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The present verse formulates the conclusion deduced from th e reasons adduced in the foregoing verses. [The sense being] in as much as Desire only waxes stronger by fulfilment, hence if a pleasure-seeking person—in the shape of a young king—‘? hould attain’—he addicted to—‘all those’ desires;—while another person—in the shape of the life-long celibate—‘renounces them all,’—i.e., does not touch even the slightest thing;—between these two, the latter surpasses the attainer, the enjoyer. That is, the man who renounces pleasures is vastly superior.

This is self-evident.—(95)

This verse is quoted in Bālambhaṭṭi (Vyāvahāra, p. 606).

Comparative notes by various authors
(Verses 93-95)
See Comparative notes for Verse 2.93.