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Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 13<\/a><\/p>\n mAthrAsparSAs thu kaunthEya SIthOshNa sukha dhu:kkadhA: |<\/em> kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! Oh son of kunthI! when sense organs (ear, skin, eyes, tongue and nose) contact with thanmAthrAs (the subtle elements) Sabdha (sound), sparSa (touch), rUpa (vision), rasa (taste) and gandha (smell), they provide pleasure, pain\u00a0 which are caused by coolness, heat etc. By nature, they come and go and (during liberation) they (worldly pleasures\/pains) are completely destroyed (i.e., they are impermanent). Oh descendant of bharatha clan! you tolerate such contact of sense organs that give pleasure, pain.<\/p>\n The sense-contacts, Kaunteya[1. Son of Kunti = Arjuna.]! produce pleasures and pains through \u2018cold-heat\u2019[2. The sense-contacts with external phenomena is sensations which are the sense-with-mind-contacts, ‘cold-heat’, etc., and then follow the reactions, pleasures and pains.] experiences. They come and go, and are inconstant. Take them coolly, Bh\u0101rata[3. Descendent of Bharata = Arjuna. …]!<\/span><\/p>\n The qualities viz: sound, touch, color, taste, and smell, with their functioning seats viz., the senses, are called m\u0101tras<\/em> (or tan-m\u0101tras<\/em>), because they are the evolutes from m\u0101tras<\/em> or the rudimentary elements. The contacts of the senses with sound etc., produce cold, heat, soft, hard, etc., experiences, and cause pleasures and pains[4. The sense-contacts with external phenomena is sensations which are the sense-with-mind-contacts, ‘cold-heat’, etc., and then follow the reactions, pleasures and pains.].<\/span><\/p>\n The expression \u201ccold and heat\u201d[5. The sense-contacts with external phenomena is sensations which are the sense-with-mind-contacts, ‘cold-heat’, etc., and then follow the reactions, pleasures and pains.] is to imply or typify the sum of all experiences. Bear them up with courage till you carry out your \u015a\u0101stra-enjoined war etc., to completion. As these experiences accrue and depart, they are but fit to be tolerated (i.e., disregarded) by men of courage.<\/span><\/p>\n Also they are un-enduring (anitya<\/em>), meaning that him, – whose karma (i.e., the fruit of deeds done) has ceased, (as in the case of the mukta<\/em>, or the freed soul), – the \u2018cold-heat\u2019[6. The sense-contacts with external phenomena is sensations which are the sense-with-mind-contacts, ‘cold-heat’, etc., and then follow the reactions, pleasures and pains.] adventitious experiences can never disturb (or distract).<\/span><\/p>\n Is this passive or dull disposition to \u2018cold-heats\u2019 any use? The following verse tells us:<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 15<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 13 SlOkam \u2013 Original mAthrAsparSAs thu kaunthEya SIthOshNa sukha dhu:kkadhA: | AgamApAyinO \u2019nithyAs thAms thithikshasva bhAratha || word-by-word meaning kaunthEya – Oh son of kunthI! mAthrAsparSA: – when sense organs (ear, skin, eyes, tongue and nose) contact with thanmAthrAs … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nAgamApAyinO \u2019nithyAs thAms thithikshasva bhAratha ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nmAthrAsparSA: – when sense organs (ear, skin, eyes, tongue and nose) contact with thanmAthrAs (the subtle elements) Sabdha (sound), sparSa (touch), rUpa (vision), rasa (taste) and gandha (smell)
\nSIthOshNa sukha dhu:kkadhA: – they provide pleasure, pain\u00a0 which are caused by coolness, heat etc.
\nAgamApAyina: – by nature, they come and go
\nanithyA: – (during liberation) they (worldly pleasures\/pains) are completely destroyed
\nbhAratha – Oh descendant of bharatha clan!
\nthAn – such contact of sense organs that give pleasure, pain
\nthithikshasva – you tolerate<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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