Sanskrit
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥
mātrāsparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ āgamāpāyino'nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata
Translation
The contacts of matter, O son of Kuntî, giving cold and heat, pleasure and pain, they come and go, impermanent; endure them bravely, O Bhârata.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
A shift in register — Krishna concedes that sensation (cold and heat, pleasure and pain) is real and does come and go, but frames it as something to be endured, not evidence against the deeper argument. This is the seed of the equanimity teaching verse 38 will state explicitly: transient things don’t refute what’s permanent, they’re just what a steady mind has to tolerate along the way.
Concepts