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Aligning Consciousness

Ch 2Verse 14
Adhyāya 2 Shloka 14

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदु:खदा: | आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत || १४ ||

mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ | āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata || 14 ||

"O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed."

Historical Context

The Direct Meaning

Krishna addresses the practical reality of living in a physical body. While the soul is eternal (v13), the body must still interact with the world. He explains that sensory contacts (mātrā-sparśāḥ) produce dualities like heat/cold (śītoṣṇa) and happiness/distress (sukha-duḥkha). He defines the nature of these experiences: they come and go (āgamāpāyino) and are strictly temporary (anityāḥ). His command to Arjuna is simple: Titikṣasva (Tolerate them).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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