HOW TO DEAL WITH PLEASURE AND PAIN

SUBHASHITHANI:032

न हि दु:खात्मकं किञ्चित्न हि किञ्चित् सुखात्मकं   I

तदेव प्रीत्ये भूत्वा पुनर्दु:खाय जायते  II

There is nothing which is pleasurable all the time ,nor is there something which is painful all the time. Whatever is pleasing in the beginning ,the very same thing turns repugnant after some time.

A place,an object or time ,any of these can never be a permanent source of happiness or sorrow.

सुखमध्ये स्थितं दुःखं दुःखमध्ये स्थितं सुखम् ।

द्वयमन्योन्यसंयुक्तं प्रोच्यते जलपंकवत् ॥

sukhamadhye sthitam duHkha duHkhamadhye sthitam sukham ।

dvayam anyonya samyuktam prochyate jala pankavat ॥

There is grief in the middle of happiness. There is happiness in the middle of grief. Both of them are entangled and cannot exist independently – inseparable just like mud and water in slush.

सुखमापतितं सेव्यम् दुःखमापतितं तथा ।

चक्रवत्परिवर्तन्ते दुःखानि च सुखानि च ॥ – हितोपदेशः

sukhamaapatitam sevyam dukkhamaapatitam tathaa l

chakravatparivartante dukkhaani cha sukhaani cha ll – hitopadeshah

One should accept the pleasures which have come in the way of life. Likewise, one should also accept the hardships in life. Pleasures and miseries revolve like a wheel.

நன்றாங்கால்நல்லவாக்காண்பவர்அன்றாங்கால்
அல்லற்படுவதெவன்?  Kural:379

Why do those who take good luck in their stride Jibe at bad?

सुखदु:खे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ |

ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि || 38||

sukha-duḥkhe same kṛitvā lābhālābhau jayājayau

tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi

BG 2.38: Fight for the sake of duty, treating alike happiness and distress, loss and gain, victory and defeat. Fulfilling your responsibility in this way, you will never incur sin.

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