Arjuna asks, For the one with steady wisdom, i.e. the one who has a steady mind which is established in the Supreme Brahman, how does that person express? What words does he use? How does he communicate with others? What is the nature of the absorbtion of the mind O Keshava? How does he talk? How does he walk? How does he sit and how does he move?
Through this question, Arjuna is actually asking about the qualities of a person of steady wisdom.
Avatarika: The one who has from the beginning, given up actions and are engaged in Karma yoga too, for those two types of people who are shown the means of practice by knowing the qualities of the man of steady wisdom, beginning from the verse, ‘Prajahati,’ until the end of the second chapter.
– Brahmacharini Sharanya Chaitanya.
Sankara Bhashya–Part 22
Steady wisdom signs
Verse 2.53:
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि॥
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi||
Avatarika – Introducing the next verse: Having obtained the seed for the next question, Arjuna asks with a desire to know the definition of the one who has attained the State of Samadhi.
Verse 2.54:
स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव।
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम्॥
sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhi-sthasya keśava
sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim||
Arjuna asks, For the one with steady wisdom, i.e. the one who has a steady mind which is established in the Supreme Brahman, how does that person express? What words does he use? How does he communicate with others? What is the nature of the absorbtion of the mind O Keshava? How does he talk? How does he walk? How does he sit and how does he move?
Through this question, Arjuna is actually asking about the qualities of a person of steady wisdom.
Avatarika: The one who has from the beginning, given up actions and are engaged in Karma yoga too, for those two types of people who are shown the means of practice by knowing the qualities of the man of steady wisdom, beginning from the verse, ‘Prajahati,’ until the end of the second chapter.
– Brahmacharini Sharanya Chaitanya.
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