BHAGAVAD GEETA: 81 - Swami Advayananda.

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BHAGAVAD GEETA
Chapter - 2
Discourse – 2 (72 Slogas)
“Yoga of the SUPREME SELF”
Sri Veda Vyasaji

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Sunday 14, Jul 2024, 06:30.
Discourse 2 | Yoga of the Supreme Self  
2.12   THE MAN OF STEADY WISDOM 
(Slogas 54-67, 14 No.
Slogam - 57: Q2: “How Does He Speak?” – His Output
Post - 81.

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Slogam- 57: Q2: “How Does He Speak?” – His Output:

1 

Yah sarvatra anibhi-snehah = He who is everywhere without Attachment; 

2 

tat tat praapya shubha-ashubham; =  on meeting with anything good or bad;

 3 

na abhinandati, na dveshtih, = who neither rejoices, nor hates; 

4 

tasya prajnaa pratishthitaa. = his wisdom is said to be fixed (steady). 

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We now begin to expand on Questions 2-4 of Arjuna’s questions, which are asked 

from the Relative Level, and which Sri Krishna answers from that level. The sage, in his 

encounters with the world, meets with various situations as we all do. He interacts with the 

world in a way that leaves him as well as the world unscathed by it. 

Question 2 is “How does he speak?” It really means: What outputs does he make to 

the world? How does he respond to influences that come to him from outside? What is his 

impact on others? The answer is given at the deepest mental level.  

1-4

 The Lord says, “Arjuna, the Sthitaprajna is unattached and equipoised in all 

situations. You will not hear such a person complaining of anything. He does not feel any 

dislike for anyone, nor does he leap into ecstacy when he is among favourable people. In 

good or bad he is the same. Such a person cannot be displeased or shaken in any way. He is 

fixed in wisdom, steady in all conditions. He is free from fear or anger in all his speech.”  

Ordinarily we respond to sorrow by wanting to know who is causing it or who is 

obstructing the entry of joy. We then turn to this person and unleash our anger upon him. 

He, the external agent, is taken to be the cause of our misery.  

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DEFECTS IN DEFINITIONS:

 In this regard, Acharyaji mentioned to us the three defects latent in definitions: 

i) Ativyapti Dosha: “Cows have horns”. This is defective because other creatures who 

are not cows also have horns. 

ii) Avyapti Dosha: “Cows are white”. This is defective because there are other cows 

who are not white. 

iii) Alakshya Api Dosha: “Cows are not like elephants”. This totally distracts one from 

the subject of cows. It has the defect of not contributing anything to the meaning.  

Sri Krishna carefully avoids these defects by steering clear of all possible ambiguities. 

He is very clear that if these qualities are displayed by anyone, that person would be a 

Sthitaprajna. There is no possibility of any ambiguity in his definition. The definition cannot 

include one who is not a Sthitaprajna, nor can it exclude one who is a Sthitaprajna. 

All three of the values listed in the defining verse 56 are present in the Sthitaprajna 

naturally and at all times. They do not fluctuate in him. They govern all his interactions in 

the world. He is ever steady in his wisdom; ever rooted in his Self. 

The excitement which usually accompanies worldly conversation is not present in 

the conversation with a sage. 

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Next

Slogam- 58: Q3: “How Does He Sit?” – the Tortoise Simile

Continued

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