This Self is attained by truth, by austerity, by right knowledge, by a life of chastity, constantly. Within the body, luminous and pure, it is seen by the ascetics whose faults are worn away.
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||
The source of happiness is the Almighty, but man is searching for the same in worldly objects, which are only a reflection. The deer looks for the musk in the bushes whereas it exists within its body.
The first step to self-knowledge is to know that you are composed of a physical body and a spiritual heart or soul