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Verse 2.54
अर्जुन उवाच स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव। स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम्।।2.54।।
arjuna uvācha sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣhā samādhi-sthasya keśhava sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣheta kim āsīta vrajeta kim
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Chapter 2, Verse 54
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Arjuna said, "O Krishna, what is the description of one who has steady wisdom and is merged in the superconscious state? How does one of steady wisdom speak, how do they sit, and how do they walk?"
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Why: Arjuna's question, what does someone of steady wisdom look like, how do they talk, sit, walk, is refreshingly concrete, he wants a description he could recognize in a real person.
In life: abstract virtues are hard to aim for, concrete examples are much easier to actually follow.
Teaching: instead of chasing an abstract ideal, picture a specific person who embodies the quality you want, and study how they actually behave.
arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
sthita-prajñasyaone with steady intellect
kāwhat
bhāṣhātalk
samādhi-sthasyasituated in divine consciousness
keśhavaShree Krishna, killer of the Keshi Demon
sthita-dhīḥenlightened person
kimwhat
prabhāṣhetatalks
kimhow
āsītasits
vrajetawalks
kimhow
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
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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).