||ShriHari||
Question: “What is the mark of a man of steady wisdom, one who is stable of mind and established in equanimity?”
The Lord spoke: When a man abandons all cravings of the mind is satisfied in the self by the Self, then He is called a man of steady wisdom (sthithprajya). (Gita 2:54-55)
Question: How does a man of steady wisdom speak?
Answer: Oh Brother, He whose speech is not of an ordinary nature and activity based, rather the speech is of special expression (bhava); he who remains unperturbed when faced with sorrow in present relations, and who does not crave for happiness; he who is free from passion, fear and anger, that contemplative one is considered a man of steady wisdom. He who remains free from attachment in all situations and he who is neither elated when faced with favorable situations, nor hates unfavorable situations. He who has these qualities his intellect has become steady, that is he has made a firm determination to attain only God Realizations – he has become a siddha. (Gita 2:56-57)
Question: That man with a steady wisdom (sthith pragya) how does he sit, Oh Lord?
Answer: Like a tortoise that withdraws all its six limbs from all directions, similarly this Karma Yogi (man of action), withdraws and moves away his mind and all his senses from their related sense objects. At that point he becomes man of steady wisdom. (Gita 2:58)
Question: Inherently, how does one recognize the withdrawal of senses from their sense-objects?
Answer: Sense-objects cease for he who does not partake in enjoyment with the senses, but due to body consciousness, a subtle taste for enjoyment of pleasure remains. However, on attainment of God, this relish for enjoyment also comes to an end. (Gita 2:59)
From “Gita Madhurya” in English by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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