Shloka 55
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
अर्जुन बोले--हे केशव! समाधिमें स्थित परमात्माको प्राप्त हुए स्थिरबुद्धि पुरुषका क्या लक्षण है? वह स्थिरबुद्धि पुरुष कैसे बोलता है, कैसे बैठता है और कैसे चलता है? ।।
arjuna uvāca | keśava! samādhau sthitasya paramātmānaṁ prāptasya sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā? kim prabhāṣeta? kim āsīta? vrajeta kim? ||
Arjuna disse: “Ó Keśava, quais são os sinais daquele cujo entendimento é firme—da pessoa estabelecida em samādhi, que alcançou o Ser Supremo? Como ela fala, como se senta e como se move?”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arjuna asks for practical, observable indicators of inner realization: the defining traits of a sthitaprajña (one of steady wisdom) and how such steadiness expresses itself in speech, posture/abiding, and conduct. The emphasis is that spiritual attainment should be recognizable through disciplined desirelessness and stable, ethical comportment.
On the battlefield setting of the Bhīṣma Parva, after hearing about equanimity and yoga, Arjuna seeks clarification from Kṛṣṇa: he wants a concrete portrait of the realized person. This question sets up Kṛṣṇa’s ensuing description of the sthitaprajña—how inner steadiness manifests amid the pressures of action and conflict.