Bhagavad Gita 2.14
Chapter 2, verse 14
Meaning
Son of Kuntī, it is the senses meeting the world that bring cold and heat, pleasure and pain. These sensations arrive and leave again; none of them lasts. So bear them patiently, Arjuna.
The Sanskrit
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः ।
आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥ १४ ॥
mātrāsparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ
āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata
Say it
maa-traa-spur-shaas too kown-tay-yuh shee-to-shnuh-soo-khuh-doo-khuh-daah
aa-guh-maa-paa-yi-no 'ni-tyaas taams ti-tik-shuh-svuh bhaa-ruh-tuh
Word by word
- mātrā-sparśāḥ
- contacts of the senses with their objects
- tu
- but, indeed
- kaunteya
- O son of Kuntī
- śīta-uṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
- which give cold and heat, pleasure and pain
- āgama-apāyinaḥ
- coming and going
- anityāḥ
- not lasting
- tān titikṣasva
- bear them patiently, endure them
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata
Read it in context: verses 2.13–16Childhood, youth, old age, and what staysWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Feelings are weather; you are the one standing in it
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.14 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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