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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 2.54

Arjuna asks about the self-realized person

अर्जुन उवाच

स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।

स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥

arjuna uvāca

sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā

samādhi-sthasya keśava

sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta

kim āsīta vrajeta kim

Translation

Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, what are the symptoms of one whose consciousness is thus merged in transcendence? How does he speak, and what is his language? How does he sit, and how does he walk?

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What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Signs of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

  1. 1Arjuna asks how one whose consciousness is merged in transcendence speaks, sits, and walks.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that a Kṛṣṇa conscious person has distinct signs in speech, thought, feeling, and actions.
  3. 3Speech is the most important sign: such a person speaks only of Kṛṣṇa and matters related to Him. Other signs follow automatically.

Where we are

In the story

Chapter 2, Contents of the Gītā Summarized: arjuna asks about the self-realized person.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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Practice

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