Bhagavad Gita · 2.55
॥
Devanāgarī
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha manogatān |
ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñas tado 'cyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रीभगवान् उवाचśrī-bhagavān uvācaThe Blessed Lord said.
प्रजहातिprajahāticompletely casts off, gives up.
यदाyadāwhen.
कामान्kāmānthe passionate desires, the lust.
सर्वान्sarvānall.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
मनोगतान्mano-gatānarising in the mind, born of the mind.
आत्मनिātmaniin his own Self (in the soul).
एवevaonly, merely.
आत्मनाātmanāby his own Self (by the soul).
तुष्टःtuṣṭaḥsatisfied, content.
स्थितप्रज्ञःsthita-prajñaḥsthita-prajña, a person of steady consciousness.
तदाtadāthen.
उच्यतेucyateis called.
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: “O Pārtha, when a person completely gives up all the passionate desires arising in the mind and finds full satisfaction in his true Self, then he is said to be sthita-prajña, a person of steady consciousness.”
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