Chapter 2 · Verse 14The Yoga of KnowledgeTitiksha
Bhagavad Gita 2.14
BG 2.14 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 14, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः | आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ||२-१४||
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mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ . āgamāpāyino.anityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata ||2-14||
Roman: matrasparshastu kaunteya shitoshnasukhaduhkhadah . agamapayino.anityastamstitikshasva bharata
The perceptions of heat and cold, pleasure and pain are transient — endure them.
O son of Kunti, the contact between the senses and the sense objects gives rise to fleeting perceptions of happiness and distress. These are non-permanent and come and go like winter and summer. O descendant of Bharata, one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.