Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingअर्जुन उवाच
स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव।
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम्
arjuna uvācha
sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣhā samādhi-sthasya keśhava
sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣheta kim āsīta vrajeta kim
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaArjuna 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?"
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
अर्जुन ने कहा -- हे केशव समाधि में स्थित स्थिर बुद्धि वाले पुरुष का क्या लक्षण है स्थिर बुद्धि पुरुष कैसे बोलता है कैसे बैठता है कैसे चलता है
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiअ उ
स्थितप् रज्ञस्य का भाषा
समाधिस् थस्य केशव
स्थित धी% किम् प्र भाषेत
किमा सीतव् रजेत किम्
॥ ५४ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthaarjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said
sthita-prajñasyaone with steady intellect
kāwhat
bhāṣhātalk
samādhi-sthasyasituated in divine consciousness
keśhavaShree Krishna, killer of the Keshi Demon
sthita-dhīḥenlightened person
kimwhat
prabhāṣhetatalks
kimhow
āsītasits
vrajetawalks
kimhow
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA2.54What four marks of the man of steady wisdom does Arjuna ask about?
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?"
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.