Guides · Peace · Difficult times · Growth
Bhagavad Gita 2.14
What you feel right now is real — and it is also passing. Like weather, it will change.
Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, Verse 14
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।
आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥
mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ
āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata
Translation
Contact with the world brings cold and heat, pleasure and pain. These come and go; they are not permanent. Learn to bear them patiently, Arjuna.
हिन्दी भावार्थ
हे कौन्तेय, इंद्रियों और विषयों के संपर्क से सर्दी-गर्मी और सुख-दुख आते हैं। ये आते-जाते रहते हैं, स्थायी नहीं हैं। हे भारत, इन्हें धैर्य से सहन करो।
In simple words Interpretation
What you feel right now is real — and it is also passing. Like weather, it will change.
Context
Krishna begins to steady Arjuna by pointing to something simple: every sensation and every mood has a beginning and an end.
When this may help
When a feeling seems like it will last forever, or a hard season feels endless.
Reflection question
What is one feeling you've carried before that eventually passed?
A small practice
Sit for one minute and notice a physical sensation — warmth, coolness, tension. Watch how it shifts on its own.
Reflect on this verse, save your thoughts or share it as a card.
Open in Gita Reflection