BG 2.14

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः ।
आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥
mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata

Word-for-word meanings

kaunteya — O son of Kuntī;  mātrā-sparśāḥ — the contact of the senses [with their objects];  tu — certainly;  dāḥ — is a producer;  śīta — [of feelings of] cold;  uṣṇa — [and] heat;  sukha — [of] happiness;  duḥkha — [and] misery;  anityāḥ — [they are] transitory;  āgama — coming;  apāyinaḥ — [and] going;  bhārata — [therefore] O descendant of the Bharata dynasty;  titikṣasva — you should tolerate;  tān — them.

Translation

O son of Kuntī, the contact of the senses with their objects generates feelings of heat and cold, happiness and misery. They are transitory, having a beginning and an end. Therefore, O descendant of Bharata, tolerate them.

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