श्रीभगवानुवाच ।प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha manogatān |ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñas tadocyate ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- प्रजहाति · prajahāti
- abandons fully
- यदा · yadā
- when
- कामान् · kāmān
- desires
- सर्वान् · sarvān
- all
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha (Arjuna)
- मनोगतान् · manogatān
- dwelling in the mind
- आत्मनि · ātmani
- in the self
- एव · eva
- alone, itself
- आत्मना · ātmanā
- by the self
- तुष्टः · tuṣṭaḥ
- content, satisfied
- स्थितप्रज्ञः · sthitaprajñaḥ
- steady in wisdom
- तदा · tadā
- then
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is said to be
“The Blessed Lord said: When one abandons all the mind's desires, O Partha — content in the self, by the self — then they are called steady in wisdom.”
— Original plain-language translation
The definition begins with subtraction and ends with sufficiency: desires out, self-contentment in. 'Content in the self, by the self' needs no object — the sage is not deprived but complete, like an ocean needing no rivers.
— Reader's notes (original)