Read a Lecture by Srila Prabhupada on BG 2:51-55
AJauRNa ovac
iSQaTaPa[jSYa k-a >aaza SaMaaiDaSQaSYa ke-Xav )
iSQaTaDaq" ik&- Pa[>aazeTa ik-MaaSaqTa v]JaeTa ik-Ma( )) 54 ))
arjuna uväca
sthita-prajïasya kä bhäñä
samädhi-sthasya keçava
sthita-dhéù kià prabhäñeta
kim äséta vrajeta kim
SYNONYMS
arjunaù uväca-Arjuna said; sthita-prajïasya-of one who is situated in fixed Kåñëa consciousness; kä-what; bhäñä-language; samädhi-sthasya-of one situated in trance; keçava-O Kåñëa; sthita-dhéù-one fixed in Kåñëa consciousness; kim-what; prabhäñeta-speaks; kim-how; äséta-does remain still; vrajeta-walks; kim-how.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: O Kåñëa, what are the symptoms of one whose consciousness is thus merged in transcendence? How does he speak, and what is his language? How does he sit, and how does he walk?
PURPORT
As there are symptoms for each and every man, in terms of his particular situation, similarly one who is Kåñëa conscious has his particular nature-talking, walking, thinking, feeling, etc. As a rich man has his symptoms by which he is known as a rich man, as a diseased man has his symptoms by which he is known as diseased, or as a learned man has his symptoms, so a man in transcendental consciousness of Kåñëa has specific symptoms in various dealings. One can know his specific symptoms from the Bhagavad-gétä. Most important is how the man in Kåñëa consciousness speaks; for speech is the most important quality of any man. It is said that a fool is undiscovered as long as he does not speak, and certainly a well-dressed fool cannot be identified unless he speaks, but as soon as he speaks, he reveals himself at once. The immediate symptom of a Kåñëa conscious man is that he speaks only of Kåñëa and of matters relating to Him. Other symptoms then automatically follow, as stated below.
