Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 27

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-2 Sankhya Yogaḥ

The Lord explains the significance immediately: — mātrā sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa sukha-duḥkhadāḥ | āgamāpāyino’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata || 14 || 14. The contact of senses with their objects, O Arjuna, give rise to feelings of cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go, they are impermanent, endure them, O Arjuna. Commentary As sound, touch, form, taste and smell along with their basis (the sense organs), are the effects of subtle elements [within the mind], they are called Mātras (tanmātras = “measurements”). The experience of these [objects of the senses] through means of the ears and other senses gives rise to feelings of pleasure and pain, in the form of heat and cold, softness and hardness etc. You should remain unperturbed by these contrasts while you discharge your prescribed duties [such as warfare]. When the Karmas, which cause bondage, are destroyed, this 'coming and going' (transmigration) will end.