{"id":1373,"date":"2016-08-12T23:19:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2016-08-12T23:19:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T23:19:57","slug":"2-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-54\/","title":{"rendered":"2.54 sthithapragyasya kA bhAshA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/chapter-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-53\">&lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 53<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SlOkam \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-54-original\/\">Original<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>arjuna uvAcha<br \/>\n<em>sthithapragyasya kA bhAshA samAdhisthasya kESava | <\/em><br \/>\n<em> sthithadhI: kim prabhAshEtha kim AsItha vrajEtha kim ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>word-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>kESava &#8211; Oh kEsava!<br \/>\nsamAdhisthasya &#8211; being in samAdhi (trance)<br \/>\nsthitha pragyasya &#8211; one who is situated in gyAna yOga<br \/>\nbhAshA &#8211; word that identify him<br \/>\nkA &#8211; which?<br \/>\nsthithadhI: &#8211; such person<br \/>\nkim prabhAshEtha\u00a0 &#8211; what will he speak?<br \/>\nkim AsItha &#8211; what activities will he do in his mind?<br \/>\nkim vrajEtha &#8211; what physical activities will he do?<\/p>\n<h3>Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Oh kESava! one who is situated in gyAna yOga, being in samAdhi (trance), which words identify him? what will he speak? what activities will he do in his mind? what physical activities will he do?<\/p>\n<h3>Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;What is the nature, Ke\u015bava[1. The 23rd and 654th name of God. The etymology is given thus in Harivam\u015ba: &#8220;<em>Ka iti Brahma\u1e47o n\u0101-mai\u015boham sarva-dehin\u0101m, \u0101v\u0101ntav\u0101nge sambh\u016btau, tasm\u0101t Ke\u015bava n\u0101mav\u0101n.<\/em>&#8220;]!, of the mind-fixed man\u2019s concentrated consciousness? What does the will-concentrated talk? How does he sit? How does he move?[2. <em>Talk<\/em> is &#8216;word&#8217;, <em>sit<\/em> is (to sit for) &#8216;thought&#8217;, <em>move<\/em> is &#8216;deed&#8217;.]&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the name of, or what defines, the <em>sthita-praj\u00f1a\u1e25<\/em> (or Adept in Spiritual Science)[3. Will-concentration is ripened wisdom; this is a spiritual illumination of the mind which sets in before \u0101tm\u0101 is realised. It may be called intuition.]? This means: what are the characteristics of him, who has gathered himself up in his mind? What does he speak, and what does he do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u015ari Bhagav\u0101n (Lord K\u1e5bish\u1e47a) answers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-55\">&gt;&gt; Chapter 2 verse 55<\/a><\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\">https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 &lt;&lt; Chapter 2 verse 53 SlOkam \u2013 Original arjuna uvAcha sthithapragyasya kA bhAshA samAdhisthasya kESava | sthithadhI: kim prabhAshEtha kim AsItha vrajEtha kim || word-by-word meaning kESava &#8211; Oh kEsava! samAdhisthasya &#8211; being in samAdhi (trance) sthitha pragyasya &#8211; one who is situated &#8230; <a title=\"2.54 sthithapragyasya kA bhAshA\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/2-54\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2.54 sthithapragyasya kA bhAshA\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}