Word meanings
- arjunaḥ uvāca
- Arjun said
- sthita-prajñasya
- one with steady intellect
- kā
- what
- bhāṣā
- talk
- samādhi-sthasya
- situated in divine consciousness
- keśava
- Shree Krishna, killer of the Keshi Demon
- sthita-dhīḥ
- enlightened person
- kim
- what
- prabhāṣeta
- talks
- kim
- how
- āsīta
- sits
- vrajeta
- walks
- kim
- how
Translations
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?"
Arjuna asked: My Lord! How can we recognize the saint who has attained Pure Intellect, who has reached this state of Bliss, and whose mind is steady? How does he talk, how does he live, and how does he act?
Arjuna said, "O Kesava, what is the description of a man of steady wisdom who is self-absorbed? How does he speak, sit, and move about?"
अर्जुन बोले - हे केशव ! परमात्मामें स्थित स्थिर बुद्धिवाले मनुष्यके क्या लक्षण होते हैं? वह स्थिर बुद्धिवाला मनुष्य कैसे बोलता है, कैसे बैठता है और कैसे चलता है?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).