Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 14
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 14

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।
आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत।।2.14।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
2.14 But the contacts of the organs with the objects are the producers of cold and heat, happiness and sorrow. They have a beginning and an end, (and) are transient. Bear them, O descendant of Bharata.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
2.14 The contacts of the senses with the objects, O son of Kunti, which cause heat and cold, pleasure and pain, have a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, O Arjuna.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.14. O son of Kunti !  But the touches with the matras cause the [feelings of] cold and heat,  pleasure and pain; they are of the nature of coming and going and are transient.  Forbear them,  O Descendent of Bharata !


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.14Maatraasparshaastu kaunteya sheetoshnasukhaduhkhadaah;
Aagamaapaayino’nityaas taamstitikshaswa bhaarata.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.14mātrā-sparśhāḥ—contact of the senses with the sense objects; tu—indeed; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; śhīta—winter; uṣhṇa—summer; sukha—happiness; duḥkha—distress; dāḥ—give; āgama—come; apāyinaḥ—go; anityāḥ—non-permanent; tān—them; titikṣhasva—tolerate; bhārata—descendant of the Bharat