Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥६८॥
tasmād yasya mahā-bāho
nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas
tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Word for word (synonyms)
- tasmāt
- therefore
- yasya
- of one's
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- nigṛhītāni
- so curbed down
- sarvaśaḥ
- all around
- indriyāṇi
- the senses
- indriya-arthebhyaḥ
- for the sake of sense objects
- tasya
- his
- prajñā
- intelligence
- pratiṣṭhitā
- fixed
Translation
Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of steady intelligence.
Defined in the Gītā
Steady wisdom
Who is a person of steady wisdom (sthita-prajña)?
The Blessed Lord said: O Pārtha, 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.
Purport
As enemies are curbed by superior force, similarly, the senses can be curbed not by any human endeavor, but only by keeping them engaged in the service of the Lord. One who has understood this—that only by Kṛṣṇa consciousness is one really established in intelligence and that one should practice this art under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master—is called sādhaka, or a suitable candidate for liberation.
What this verse teaches
[A4] Sthita-prajña’s sense engagement (walking) – By attaining the Lord’s mercy, one’s intelligence is established and one attains peace. Agitated senses carry away intelligence and a sthita-prajña is unagitated. Qualities and destination of sthita-prajña.
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 2
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.59–69 1966-04-18 · New York
- Bhagavad-gītā 2.62-72 1968-12-16 · Los Angeles
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