January22 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.14-2.15 (Day 22) Sankhya Yoga
January 22 – Chapter 2;
Verses 14-15
Day 22 [2.14-2.15]
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु
कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः ।
आगमापायिनो ऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥ २-१४॥
mātrā-sparśhāstu kaunteya
śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāms-titikṣhaswa bhārata (2.14)
மாத்ராஸ்ப1ர்ஶாஸ்து1 கௌ1ன்தே1ய
ஶீதோ1ஷ்ணஸுக2து3ஹ்க2தா3:
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ஆக3மாபா1யினோனித்1யாஸ்தா1ன்ஸ்தி1தி1க்ஷஸ்வ
பா4ரத1 ||14||
14. The contacts of the senses with
the objects, O son of Kunti, which cause heat and cold and pleasure and pain,
have a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, O
Arjuna!
Commentary: Cold is pleasant
at one time and painful as 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 sense-contacts 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. BG5:22]
यं हि न
व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।
समदुःखसुखं
धीरं सो ऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ २-१५॥
yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha
sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛitatwāya kalpate (2.15)
யம் ஹி ந வ்யத2யன்த்1யேதே1 பு1ருஷம்
பு1ருஷர்ஷப4 |
ஸமது3:க2ஸுக2ம் தீ4ரம் ஸோம்ருத1த்1வாய க1ல்ப1தே1 ||15||
15. That firm man whom surely these
afflict not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit
for attaining immortality!
Commentary: Dehadhyasa or
identification of the Self with the body is the cause of pleasure and
pain. The more you are able to identify
yourself with the immortal, all-pervading Self, the less will you be affected
by the pairs of opposites (Dvandvas, pleasure and pain, etc.)
Titiksha or the power of endurance develops the will-power. Calm endurance in pleasure and pain, and heat and cold is one of the qualifications of an aspirant on the path of Jnana Yoga. It is one of the Shatsampat or sixfold virtues. It is a condition of right knowledge. Titiksha by itself cannot give you Moksha or liberation, but still, when coupled with discrimination and dispassion, it becomes a means to the attainment of Immortality or knowledge of the Self. [cf. BG18:53]
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