Bhagavad Gita 2.54
Chapter 2, verse 54 · arjuna uvāca
Meaning
Arjuna asks: Keśava, how would you describe someone whose wisdom stands firm and who rests in that steadiness? How do they speak, how do they sit, how do they move through the world?
The Sanskrit
स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥
sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim
Say it
sthi-tuh-pruj-nyus-yuh kaa bhaa-shaa suh-maa-dhi-sthus-yuh kay-shuh-vuh
sthi-tuh-dhee-hee kim pruh-bhaa-shay-tuh ki-maa-see-tuh vruh-jay-tuh kim
Word by word
- arjuna uvāca
- Arjuna said
- sthita-prajñasya
- of one whose wisdom stands firm
- kā bhāṣā
- what is the description, the mark
- samādhi-sthasya
- of one settled in deep steadiness
- keśava
- Keśava (Krishna)
- sthita-dhīḥ
- the steady-minded one
- kim prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim
- how would they speak, how sit, how walk?
Read it in context: verses 2.53–56What does a steady mind look like?With the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Steady is not the same as numb
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.54 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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