Sanskrit · Devanagari
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥
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mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ āgamāpāyino.anityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O son of Kuntī ! which produce cold and heat pleasure and pain are not permanent they are ever coming and going.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.14।। मात्रा आभिः मीयन्ते शब्दादय इति श्रोत्रादीनि इन्द्रियाणि। मात्राणां स्पर्शाः शब्दादिभिः संयोगाः। ते शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः शीतम् उष्णं सुखं दुःखं च प्रयच्छन्तीति। अथवा स्पृश्यन्त इति स्पर्शाः विषयाः शब्दादयः। मात्राश्च स्पर्शाश्च शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। शीतं कदाचित् सुखं कदाचित् दुःखम्। तथा उष्णमपि अनियतस्वरूपम्। सुखदुःखे पुनः नियतरूपे यतो न व्यभिचरतः। अतः ताभ्यां पृथक् शीतोष्णयोः ग्रहणम्। यस्मात् ते मात्रास्पर्शादयः आगमापायिनः आगमापायशीलाः तस्मात् अनित्याः । अतः तान् शीतोष्णादीन् तितिक्षस्व प्रसहस्व। तेषु हर्षं विषादं वा मा कार्षीः इत्यर्थः।।शीतोष्णादीन् सहतः किं स्यादिति श्रृणु
98edfcfbe4f0…Rāmānuja
2.14 As sound, touch, form, taste and smell with their bases, are the effects of subtle elements (Tanmatras), they are called Matras. The contact with these through the ear and other senses gives rise to feelings of pleasure and pain, in the form of heat and cold, softness and hardness. The words 'cold and heat' illustrate other sensations too. Endure these with courage till you have discharged your duties as prescribed by the scriptures. The brave must endure them patiently, as they 'come and go'. They are transient. When the Karmas, which cause bondage, are destroyed, this 'coming and going' will end. The Lord now explains the purpose of this endurance:
f719f0fde7ae…Swami Sivananda
2.14 मात्रास्पर्शाः contacts of senses with objects? तु indeed? कौन्तेय O Kaunteya (son of Kunti)? शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः producers of cold and heat? pleasure and pain? आगमापायिनः with beginning and end? अनित्याः impermanent? तान् them? तितिक्षस्व bear (thou)? भारत O Bharata.Commentary -- Cold is pleasant at one time and painful at another. Heat is pleasant in winter but painful in summer. The same object that gives pleasure at one time gives pain at another time. So the sensecontacts that give rise to the sensations of heat and cold? pleasure and pain come and go. Therefore? they are impermanent in nature. The objects come in contact with the senses or the Indriyas? viz.? skin? ear? eye? nose? etc.? and the sensations are carried by the nerves to the mind which has its seat in the brain. It is the mind that feels pleasure and pain. One should try to bear patiently heat and cold? pleasure and pain and develop a balanced state of mind. (Cf.V.22)
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