Bhagavad Gita 7.27 · Krishna
Born into likes and dislikes
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।
सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप॥
icchādveṣasamutthena dvandvamohena bhāratasarvabhūtāni sammohaṃ sarge yānti parantapa
Through confusion born of wanting and hating, the pairs of opposites, all beings fall into delusion at birth, Bharata.
What it means
Krishna explains where our confusion begins. From birth, beings get caught in iccha, wanting, and dvesha, aversion. Hot and cold, pleasure and pain, like and dislike. These pairs of opposites become a fog. We spend our lives sorting the world into what we want and what we don't.
The story
Arjuna's whole crisis has been a swing between opposites. Love and duty, family and justice. Krishna shows him that every human starts in this confusion. It's not his personal failure.
In your life
Watch a toddler scream for a toy, then reject it a minute later. We never fully grow out of that. Notice your own likes and dislikes today, with a smile, as if watching a toddler.
Notice the pull of opposites. Smile at it.