Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 2.14

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदु:खदा: आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत

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

Recitation · Text 2.14
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (14 words)

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Krishna names the sensory contacts of heat, cold, pleasure and pain as fleeting — they come and go, and Arjuna is told to simply tolerate them, not conquer or escape them. The instruction is strikingly practical, not mystical.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The instruction here is not to stop feeling things, but to stop expecting any of those feelings to last.