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Bhagavad Gita: Understanding One Shloka at a time. (Chp. 2, Verse 55) — HBR Patel

Trying to understand Bhagavad Gita, one Shloka at a time…

HBR Patel
2 min readFeb 6, 2021
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श्रीभगवानुवाच |
प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् |
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्ट: स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते || 55||

Shri Bhagavaan said: O Parth(son of Prtha, Kunti) when one discards all selfish desires and cravings of the senses that torment the mind, and becomes satisfied in the realization of the self, such a person is called a man of steady wisdom.

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Arjun is keen to know about the characteristics of the person properly situated in perfect knowledge. Arjun is keen to know that how does the person, who is absorbed in pure spiritual consciousness, walks, talks, and sleeps? Answering this question of Arjuna, Bhagwan Shri Krishna begins answering and this answer would continue to many verses.

Bhagwan Shri Krishna says that one should check the desires that arise in the mind. When we crave material things, our mind constantly craves for that thing and that destabilizes the mind. When we are keen on gaining material pleasure…

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