Verset 2.55

प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।

आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥

2.55

Translittération

prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān |

ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate ||

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Traduction

The Blessed Lord said When a man completely casts off, O Arjuna, all the desires of the mind and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then is he said to be one of steady wisdom.

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Mot à mot

gives up
when
desires
all
O Partha
arising in the mind

in the self
alone
by the self
content
of steady wisdom
then
is called

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Explication

Krishna's first answer goes to the root. A person is called sthitaprajña, one of steady wisdom, when they give up all the desires that arise in the mind and are content in the self (ātman) by the self alone. Contentment does not depend on anything outside. The verse defines steadiness negatively, as freedom from craving, and positively, as an inner satisfaction that needs no object. Different traditions describe that inner self in different terms, but all read the verse as describing a fullness that makes grasping unnecessary.