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Sthitaprajna

स्थितप्रज्ञ · sthitaprajña

a person of steady wisdom

Arjuna asks how one would recognise a person whose understanding is firm: how they speak, sit and move. Krishna's answer fills the end of chapter 2. Such a person has let go of the cravings of the mind and is content in the self, is not shaken by sorrow or eager for pleasure, and draws the senses in as a tortoise draws in its limbs.

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Bhagavad Gita 2.54 · Bhagavad Gita 2.55 · Bhagavad Gita 2.56 · Bhagavad Gita 2.58