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Bhagavad-gītā 2.54

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 54

Devanagari

अर्जुन उवाच ।
स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥५४॥

Verse text

arjuna uvāca
sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā
samādhi-sthasya keśava
sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta
kim āsīta vrajeta kim

Synonyms

arjuna uvāca—Arjuna said; sthita-prajñasyaof one who is situated in fixed Kṛṣṇa consciousness—of one who is situated in fixed Kṛṣṇa consciousness; kāwhat—what; bhāṣālanguage—language; samādhi-sthasyaof one situated in trance—of one situated in trance; keśavaO Kṛṣṇa—O Kṛṣṇa; sthita-dhīḥone fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness—one fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; kimwhat—what; prabhāṣetaspeak—speak; kimhow—how; āsītadoes remain—does remain; vrajetawalk—walk; kimhow—how.

Translation

Arjuna said: 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?

Purport

As there are symptoms for each and every man, in terms of his particular situation, similarly one who is Kṛṣṇa conscious has his particular nature—talking, walking, thinking, feeling, etc. As a rich man has his symptoms by which he is known as a rich man, as a diseased man has his symptoms, by which he is known as diseased, or as a learned man has his symptoms, so a man in transcendental consciousness of Kṛṣṇa has specific symptoms in various dealings. One can know his specific symptoms from the Bhagavad-gītā. Most important is how the man in Kṛṣṇa consciousness speaks, for speech is the most important quality of any man. It is said that a fool is undiscovered as long as he does not speak, and certainly a well-dressed fool cannot be identified unless he speaks, but as soon as he speaks, he reveals himself at once. The immediate symptom of a Kṛṣṇa conscious man is that he speaks only of Kṛṣṇa and of matters relating to Him. Other symptoms then automatically follow, as stated below.

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