Chapter 2 verse 54
“Arjuna said: What, O Keshava, is the description of him who
has steady wisdom and who is merged in the super conscious state? How does one
of steady wisdom speak, how does he sit, how does he walk?
Again, Arjuna asks the characteristics of “Stitha Prajna”- Sanskrit
term for someone who is firmly existing in stillness of mind or wisdom. Arjuna
is asking for an “Idiot’s guide to a realized being”. “Upa” in Sanskrit is a
very important word which means “near”. Upasana, Upanishad, Upanayana. Arjuna
has been very near Lord Krishna and has been working with him a number of years
of his life. In fact, he has already been told about what a sthita prajna is in
the previous 40+ slokas but he is asking the question again. Krishna has
infinite patience and compassion to still be calm and explain to Arjuna what
does it take to be a stitha prajna! We will find out soon?
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