स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥
arjuna uvāca :—
sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava .
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim .. 54 ..
Arjuna said:
What, O Keśava!, is the description of one of steady knowledge, who is constant in contemplation? How does one of steady knowledge speak, how sit, how move?
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How is a man who has a firm conviction that he is the Supreme Brahman, and who is intent on contemplation (samadhi).—how is such a man spoken of by others? How does the man of steady knowledge himself speak? How does he sit? How does he move?—In this verse Arjuna asks in order to know what the characteristic attributes of a man of steady knowledge (sthitaprajna) are.
From ii. 55 to the end of the Discourse (adhyaya), the characteristic attributes of a man of steady knowledge as well as the means of obtaining that knowledge are taught to him who, having from the very commencement renounced all works, has entered upon a course of Devotion to knowledge (jnana-yoga-nishtha), as well as to him who has reached that stage by means of Devotion to works (Karma-yoga.) For, everywhere in spiritual science (adhyatma-sastra), the very characteristic attributes of the successful Yogin are taught as the means (of attaining that stage), since they are to be attained by effort. The Lord now points out those characteristic attributes which, as attainable by effort, constitute the means as well.