BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:54

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:54

 

arjuna uvaca

sthita-prajnasya ka bhasa

samadhi-sthasya kesava

sthita-dhih kim prabhaseta

kim asita vrajeta kim

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; sthita-prajnasya--of one who is situated

in fixed Krsna consciousness; ka--what; bhasa--language;

samadhi-sthasya--of one situated in trance; kesava--O Krsna;

sthita-dhih--one fixed in Krsna consciousness; kim--what;

prabhaseta--speaks; kim--how; asita--does remain still;

vrajeta--walks; kim--how.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Arjuna said: O Krsna, 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 Krsna 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

Krsna has specific symptoms in various dealings. One can know his

specific symptoms from the Bhagavad-gita. Most important is how the

man in Krsna 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 Krsna conscious man is

that he speaks only of Krsna and of matters relating to Him. Other

symptoms then automatically follow, as stated below.

 

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