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Arjuna said: What is the description of one steady in wisdom, established in deep concentration, Keshava? How does such a person speak, how does he sit, how does he move?
अर्जुन उवाच | स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव | स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ||२-५४||
Arjuna
HinduScriptureMeditationSelf RealisationSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 2.54Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.

Author
Arjuna
Tradition
Hindu
Source text
Bhagavad Gita
Chapter
Bhagavad Gita 2.54
Verse / page
BG.2.54
Topics
MeditationSelf-RealisationWisdom

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