The yoga of knowledge, and the turning of Arjuna's grief
Bhagavad Gita 2.14
Source: verified public-domain translation.
Original text
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥
Transliteration
mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ | āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata ||
Translation
“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.”
Translation · Swami Sivananda
Context
Part of Krishna's early reply to Arjuna's collapse. The teaching is about the passing nature of sensory pairs — not a dismissal of grief. Titiksha (endurance) here is a yogic stance, later much discussed.