Chapter 2, Verse 54
Text
अर्जुन उवाच | स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव | स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ||२-५४||
Transliteration
arjuna uvāca . sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava . sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim ||2-54||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
2.54 Arjuna said What, O Krishna, is the description of him who has steady wisdom, and is merged in the superconscious state? How does one of steady wisdom speak, how does he sit, how does he walk?
In English by 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).