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मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।

mātrā-sparśhās tu kaunteya śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tans-titikṣhasva bhārata

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 14
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The contact of the senses with the objects, O son of Kunti, which causes heat and cold, pleasure and pain, has a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, O Arjuna.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: heat, cold, pleasure, pain are described as contact between senses and objects, arriving and leaving, like weather rather than identity.

In life: a bad mood or a hard week can feel like it defines you while you're in it.

Teaching: practice naming feelings as passing weather, not permanent climate. 'I am anxious right now' instead of 'I am an anxious person.'

mātrā-sparśhāḥcontact of the senses with the sense objects
tuindeed
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
śhītawinter
uṣhṇasummer
sukhahappiness
duḥkhadistress
dāḥgive
āgamacome
apāyinaḥgo
anityāḥnon-permanent
tānthem
titikṣhasvatolerate
bhāratadescendant of the Bharat

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.14 मात्रास्पर्शाः contacts of senses with objects? तु indeed? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya (son of Kunti)? शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः producers of cold and heat? pleasure and pain? आगमापायिनः with beginning and end? अनित्याः impermanent? तान् them? तितिक्षस्व bear (thou)? भारत O Bharata.Commentary -- Cold is pleasant at one time and painful at another. Heat is pleasant in winter but painful in summer. The same object that gives pleasure at one time gives pain at another time. So the sensecontacts that give rise to the sensations of heat and cold? pleasure and pain come and go. Therefore? they are impermanent in nature. The objects come in contact with the senses or the Indriyas? viz.? skin? ear? eye? nose? etc.? and the sensations are carried by the nerves to the mind which has its seat in the brain. It is the mind that feels pleasure and pain. One should try to bear patiently heat and cold? pleasure and pain and develop a balanced state of mind. (Cf.V.22)