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THE BHAGAVAD-GITA.
स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥
Arjuna said:
What the mark, of him who is stable of mind,[1] steadfast in contemplation, O Keshava? How doth the stable-minded[2] talk, how doth he sit, how walk? (54)
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥ ५५ ॥The Blessed Lord said:
When a man abandoneth, O Pârtha, all the desires of the heart[3], and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then is he called stable in mind[4]. (55)
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥ ५६ ॥
He whose mind[1] is free from anxiety amid pains, indifferent amid pleasures, loosed from
