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Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Text 2.54-2.57. Symptoms of Self realized soul. Text 54. arjuna uväca sthita-prajïasya kä bhäñä samädhi-sthasya keçava sthita-dhéù kià prabhäñeta kim äséta vrajeta kim
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Bhagavad-Gita As It Is.Text 2.54-2.57 Symptoms of Self realized soul.
Text 54 arjuna uväca sthita-prajïasya kä bhäñä samädhi-sthasya keçava sthita-dhéù kià prabhäñeta kim äséta vrajeta kim • Arjuna said: O Kåñëa, what are the symptoms of one whose consciousness is thus merged in transcendence? How does hespeak, and what is his language? How does he sit, and how does he walk?
Symptoms: • How does he Speak? His Language and what does he speak? • How does he walk? • How does he sit? These are very intelligent questions.
çré-bhagavän uväca prajahäti yadä kämän sarvän pärtha mano-gatän ätmany evätmanä tuñöaù sthita-prajïas tadocyate “The Blessed Lord said: O Pärtha, when a man gives up all varieties of sense desire which arise from mental concoction, and when his mind finds satisfaction in the self alone, then he is said to be in pure transcendental consciousness.” Text 55
One who has given up all the desires of sense gratification. Creation of polluted mind – Sense Gratification. E.g. enjoying food or sex pleasure. Satisfied within. Search of happiness – outside Real happiness within. Realizing one’s constitutional position in relation to Supreme Lord brings complete satisfaction. Krsna begins describing the symptoms of self realized soul.
Text 56 duùkheñv anudvigna-manäù sukheñu vigata-spåhaù véta-räga-bhaya-krodhaù sthita-dhér munir ucyate One who is not disturbed in spite of the threefold miseries, who is not elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind.
Symptoms cont… • Not disturbed by misery and not elated by happiness. • Free from attachment, Fear and Anger. • Muni – What is muni? And what is Sthita-dhir Muni? • Upon meeting good/evil doesn’t praise or despise, but remains equiposed fixed in transcendental Knowledge. (Text 57)