tHANK U AND WELCOME SIRS KR On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 at 09:52, Madras Sivaraman <[email protected]> wrote:
> These and the other slokas on sthithaprajna offer great lessons for self > development. > On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 7:26 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sthitha Pragnan vs sthithamuni >> >> TEXT 54 >> >> अर्जुन उवाच >> >> स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव । >> >> स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ ५४ ॥ >> >> arjuna uvāca >> >> sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā >> >> samādhi-sthasya keśava >> >> sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta >> >> kim āsīta vrajeta kim >> >> sthita-prajñasya — of one who is situated in fixed consciousness; >> >> Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, 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? >> >> TEXT 55 >> >> श्रीभगवानुवाच >> >> प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् । >> >> आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥ ५५ ॥ >> >> śrī-bhagavān uvāca >> >> prajahāti yadā kāmān >> >> sarvān pārtha mano-gatān >> >> ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ >> >> sthita-prajñas tadocyate >> >> ātmanā — by the purified mind; tuṣṭaḥ — satisfied; sthita-prajñaḥ — >> transcendentally situated; tadā — at that time; ucyate — is said. >> >> The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O Pārtha, *when a man* gives up >> all varieties of desire for sense gratification, which arise from mental >> concoction, and when his mind, thus purified, finds satisfaction in the >> self alone, then he is said to be in pure transcendental consciousness. >> >> Consequently, it is rightly said herein that one has to give up all kinds >> of sense desire manufactured by mental concoction. Artificially, such sense >> desires cannot be stopped. Therefore, one has to engage himself in >> consciousness without hesitation, for this devotional service will >> instantly help one onto the platform of transcendental consciousness. The >> highly developed soul always remains satisfied in himself by realizing >> himself as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Lord. Such a >> transcendentally situated person has no sense desires resulting from petty >> materialism; rather, he remains always happy in his natural position of >> eternally serving the Supreme Lord. {A GRAHASTA KARMA YOGA} >> >> TEXT 56 >> >> दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः । >> >> वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थिधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥ ५६ ॥ >> >> duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ >> >> sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ >> >> vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ >> >> sthita-dhīr munir ucyate >> >> sthita-dhīḥ — whose mind is steady; muniḥ — a sage; ucyate — is called. >> >> One who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or >> elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and >> anger, is called a sage of steady mind. >> >> >> >> The word *muni *means one who can agitate his mind in various ways for >> mental speculation without coming to a factual conclusion. It is said that >> every muni has a different angle of vision, and unless a muni differs from >> other munis, he cannot be called a muni in the strict sense of the term. >> Nāsāv ṛṣir yasya mataṁ na bhinnam (Mahābhārata, Vana-parva 313.117). *But >> a sthita-dhīr muni, as mentioned herein by the Lord, is different from an >> ordinary muni.* He is called praśānta-niḥśeṣa-mano-rathāntara >> (Stotra-ratna 43), or one who has surpassed the stage of mental >> speculations He is called a muni fixed in mind. Person is not at all >> disturbed by the onslaughts of the threefold miseries, for he accepts all >> miseries as the mercy of the Lord, thinking himself only worthy of more >> trouble due to his past misdeeds; and he sees that his miseries, by the >> grace of the Lord, are minimized to the lowest. Similarly, when he is happy >> he gives credit to the Lord, thinking himself unworthy of the happiness; he >> realizes that it is due only to the Lord’s grace that he is in such a >> comfortable condition and able to render better service to the Lord. >> {sanyasa yoga} >> >> In BG many Yogas are defined; and main Yogas are Karma and >> Sanyasa yoga. In the former every Grahasta named as MAN (includes woman >> also) entitled to all pleasures without self-inurement; that is difficult >> to inculcate as Grahasta. And in the latter, MIND CONTROL without desire >> for a Rishi @Muni. Sanyasam. Finally, Lord says that Karma yoga is far >> better than the renunciation. STHITHA-PRAGNAN IS SUPERIOR TO STHITHA MUNI. >> >> K RAJARAM IRS 25126 >> >> On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 at 23:11, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> My Learning from the Bhagavad Gita – Sloka 2.56 - Emotional Balance as >>> the Foundation of Wisdom >>> >>> Sloka in Sanskrit & Tamil >>> दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमना: सुखेषु विगतस्पृह:। >>> वीतरागभयक्रोध: स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते॥ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *துஃகங்களில் மனம் கலங்காதவன்,இன்பங்களில் ஆசை கொள்ளாதவன்,ராகம், பயம், >>> கோபம் நீங்கியவன் –அவன் தான் நிலைத்த ஞானி எனப்படுகிறான்.* >>> This verse from Chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, part of Sankhya Yoga, >>> reveals Lord Krishna’s profound psychological insight into human suffering. >>> Arjuna, overwhelmed by grief, fear, and moral confusion, stands paralyzed >>> before battle. Krishna does not begin with commands or duties. Instead, he >>> begins with healing. >>> >>> Sloka 2.56 teaches that true wisdom begins with emotional steadiness. A >>> wise person remains undisturbed in sorrow and does not chase after >>> pleasure. Such balance dissolves fear, attachment, and anger—bringing >>> clarity to the mind. Krishna’s approach is not to impose rules but to >>> invite reflection. He guides Arjuna—and us—to understand the self before >>> acting in the world. >>> >>> I also understood and advocate that this teaching is timeless. It >>> reminds us that before we take any external action, we must first restore >>> inner calm, build trust in our path, and cultivate awareness. Emotional >>> maturity is not weakness—it is the strength that allows us to act wisely, >>> without confusion or compulsion. >>> >>> பகவத் கீதை இரண்டாம் அதிகாரம், சங்க்ய யோகம், அர்ஜுனனின் மனக் குழப்பத்தை >>> தீர்க்கும் கிருஷ்ணரின் ஆழமான உளவியல் பார்வையை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது. >>> >>> அர்ஜுனன் துஃகமும் பயமும் நெறி குழப்பமும் கொண்டு நிலை குலைந்திருக்கிறார். >>> கிருஷ்ணர் கடமையை பற்றி பேசுவதற்கு முன், மன அமைதியை நிலைநிறுத்துகிறார். இந்த >>> ஷ்லோகம் உணர்ச்சி சமநிலையை போதிக்கிறது. துஃகத்தில் கலங்காத மனம், இன்பத்தில் >>> ஆசை கொள்ளாத மனம் – அந்த சமநிலை பயத்தையும் கோபத்தையும் அகற்றுகிறது. >>> >>> இது ஒரு கட்டளை அல்ல, ஒரு சிந்தனை. மனதை முதலில் சிகிச்சை செய்ய வேண்டும். >>> அப்போதுதான் வெளிப்புற செயல்கள் தெளிவாக நடக்க முடியும். இந்த ஞானம் நம்மை >>> உணர்ச்சி முதிர்ச்சி அடைய வழி காட்டுகிறது. >>> >>> >>> *N Jambunathan , Chennai " What you get by achieving your goals is not >>> as important as what you become by achieving your goals. 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