Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.14

Matra-sparshas Tu

~20 second read · suited to focus, calm

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥

matrasparshastu kaunteya shitoshnasukhaduhkhadah . agamapayinonityastamstitikshasva bharata ..

Meaning

Heat and cold, pleasure and pain — they come and go like the seasons, never lasting. They arise only when the senses meet the world. Meet them with patience, and endure.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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