Bhagavad Gita · 2.54
॥
Devanāgarī
अर्जुन उवा
च ।
स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
arjuna uvāca |
sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava |
sthitadhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अर्जुनः उवाचarjunaḥ uvācaArjuna said.
स्थितप्रज्ञस्यsthita-prajñasyaof one whose intelligence (prajñā) is established (sthita), of a person of steady consciousness.
काkāwhat are, which?
भाषाbhāṣāsigns, description, language, speech.
समाधिस्थस्यsamādhi-sthasyaof one who is established (sthasya) in samādhi.
केशवkeśavaO Keśava!
स्थितधीःsthita-dhīḥone whose intelligence (dhī) is steady.
किम्kimwhat, how?
प्रभाषेतprabhāṣetadoes he speak?
किम् आसीतkim āsītahow does he sit?
व्रजेत किम्vrajeta kimhow does he walk?
Translation
Arjuna said: “O Keśava, what are the signs of one whose intelligence is established in divine consciousness, who abides in samādhi? How does such a person of steady intelligence speak? How does he sit? And how does he walk?”
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