मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः |\nआगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ||२-१४||
mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ .\nāgamāpāyino.anityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata ||2-14||
O son of Kunti, the contact between the senses and the sense objects gives rise to fleeting perceptions of happiness and distress. These are non-permanent, and come and go like the winter and summer seasons. O descendent of Bharat, one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.