BG 2.55
श्रीभगवानुवाच
प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥
प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān
ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthita-prajñas tadocyate
prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān
ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthita-prajñas tadocyate
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān said; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; yadā — when; prajahāti — one casts away completely; sarvān — all; kāmān — cravings; manaḥ-gatān — of the mind; tuṣṭaḥ — [and] is satisfied; ātmani eva — in the self alone; ātmanā — by virtue of the self [which is of the nature of intrinsic bliss]; tadā — then; ucyate — he is said; sthita-prajñaḥ — to be of steady wisdom.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān said: O Pārtha, when a person completely casts away all the cravings of the mind and is satisfied in the self alone by virtue of the self’s intrinsic joy, then he is said to be of steady wisdom.