Sanskrit · Devanagari
अर्जुन उवाच। स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव। स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥
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arjuna uvāca sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882then will you acquire devotion. What are the characteristics, O Kesava! of one whose mind is steady, and who is intent on contemplation? How should one of steady mind speak, how sit, how move?
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.54।। स्थिता प्रतिष्ठिता अहमस्मि परं ब्रह्म इति प्रज्ञा यस्य सः स्थितप्रज्ञः तस्य स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा किं भाषणं वचनं कथमसौ परैर्भाष्यते समाधिस्थस्य समाधौ स्थितस्य हे केशव। स्थितधीः स्थितप्रज्ञः स्वयं वा किं प्रभाषेत। किम् आसीत व्रजेत किम् आसनं व्रजनं वा तस्य कथमित्यर्थः। स्थितप्रज्ञस्य लक्षणमनेन श्लोकेन पृच्छ्यते।।यो ह्यादित एव संन्यस्य कर्माणि ज्ञानयोगनिष्ठायां प्रवृत्तः यश्च कर्मयोगेन तयोः प्रजहाति इत्यारभ्य आ अध्यायपरिसमाप्तेः स्थितप्रज्ञलक्षणं साधनं चोपदिश्यते। सर्वत्रैव हि अध्यात्मशास्त्रे कृतार्थलक्षणानि यानि तान्येव साधनानि उपदिश्यन्ते यत्नसाध्यत्वात्। यानि यत्नसाध्यानि साधनानि लक्षणानि च भवन्ति तानि श्रीभगवानुवाच श्रीभगवानुवाच
4b2960154b7d…Rāmānuja
2.54 Arjuna said What is the speech of a man of firm wisdom who is abiding with the mind controlled? What words can describe his state? What is his nature? This is the meaning of 'How does a man of firm wisdom speak etc.?' His specific conduct is now described as his nature can be inferred therefrom.
7bcefd627a8c…Swami Sivananda
2.54 स्थितप्रज्ञस्य of the (sage of) steady wisdom? का what? भाषा description? समाधिस्थस्य of the (man) merged in the superconscious state? केशव O Kesava? स्थितधीः the sage of steady wisdom? किम् what (how)? प्रभाषेत speaks? किम् what (how)? आसीत sits? व्रजेत walks? किम् what (how).Commentary Arjuna wants to know from Lord Krishna the characteristic marks of one who is established in the Self in Samadhi how he speaks? how he sits? how he moves about.The characteristic marks of the sage of steady wisdom and the means of attaining that steady knowledge of the Self are described in the verses from 55 to 72 of this chapter.Steady wisdom is settled knowledge of ones identity with Brahman attained by direct realisation. (Cf.XIV.21? 27).
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