श्रीभगवानुवाच | प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् | आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ||२-५५||
śrībhagavānuvāca . prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān . ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate ||2-55||
Chapter 2 · Verse 55
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You are invited to find complete contentment within your own soul rather than chasing external pleasures. When you willingly let go of selfish desires, you discover a deep, inner joy that makes worldly cravings fade away. This self-satisfied state shows you are firmly anchored in jnana, the true wisdom of the Self, free from the pull of temporary distractions.
Translation
2.55 The Lord said When a man renounces all the desires of the mind, O Arjuna, when he is satisfied in himself with himself, then he is said to be of firm wisdom.
Meaning
In this verse Lord Krishna gives His answer to the first part of Arjunas estion. If anyone gets sugarcandy will he crave for blacksugar Certainly not. If anyone can attain the supreme bliss of the Self will he thirst for the sensual pleasures No not at all. The sumtotal of all the pleasures of the world will seem worthless for the sage of steady wisdom who is satisfied in the Self. (Cf. III.17VI.7 8).
Word by word
प्रजहाति casts off यदा when कामान् desires सर्वान् all पार्थ O Partha मनोगतान् of the mind आत्मनि in the Self एव only आत्मना by the Self तुष्टः satisfied स्थितप्रज्ञः of steady wisdom तदा then उच्यते (he) is called.