[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 2.54 · spoken by Krishna ]
After 15 verses of teaching, Arjun finally asks the right question.
O Keshava, what is the description of one whose wisdom is steady, established in deep meditation? How does the steady-minded one speak, sit, and walk?
SANSKRIT
अर्जुन उवाच । स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव । स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥२-५४॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“Arjun did not ask if this teaching was true. He asked what the person looks like — how he speaks, how he sits, how he walks. The right question, asked at last.”
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