अर्जुन उवाच ।स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥
arjuna uvāca |sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava |sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim ||
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- Arjuna
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- स्थितप्रज्ञस्य · sthitaprajñasya
- of one steady in wisdom
- का · kā
- what
- भाषा · bhāṣā
- description, mark, language
- समाधिस्थस्य · samādhisthasya
- of one established in stillness
- केशव · keśava
- O Keshava (Krishna)
- स्थितधीः · sthitadhīḥ
- one of steady understanding
- किम् · kim
- how, what
- प्रभाषेत · prabhāṣeta
- would speak
- किम् · kim
- how
- आसीत · āsīta
- would sit, remain
- व्रजेत · vrajeta
- would walk, move
- किम् · kim
- how
“Arjuna said: What is the mark of one steady in wisdom, established in stillness, O Keshava? How does the steady-minded speak, how sit, how walk?”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna's first genuine question as disciple — concrete, practical: show me the enlightened person in daily motion. Speak, sit, walk: he wants yoga in verbs, not nouns. Krishna's answer (2.55–2.72) is the Gita's great portrait of the sthitaprajña.
— Reader's notes (original)