Chapter 2 · Verse 14 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.14
Sanskrit
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।
Transliteration
mātrā-sparśhās tu kaunteya śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tans-titikṣhasva bhārata
In plain words
Right now, your pain feels permanent—like it defines you, like it won't leave. But Krishna says: these waves of hurt, fear, cold shoulder, hot anger, loss—they arrive and they depart, like weather moving through a sky that isn't touched by any of it. You are not the storm. The part of you that can *watch* the storm is the part that's real, and it's untouched.
हिंदी अर्थ
हे अर्जुन, सर्दी-गर्मी और सुख-दुःख जैसी बातें आती-जाती रहती हैं, इसलिए उन्हें सहन करो। ये सभी अनित्य हैं, इनमें न तो सुख है और न ही दुःख, सब कुछ मन की बात है।
Word by Word
Krishna reveals a fundamental truth: the contact between your senses and the world's objects—heat and cold, pleasure and pain—are temporary visitors, arriving and departing like seasons. They are not your essence, not your truth.
The Vedantic sage understands that these sensations are the play of nature, not directives for your soul. In modern life, this means when anxiety, criticism, or discomfort arise, you recognize them as weather passing through consciousness, not your identity—and you remain unmoved.
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