arjunaḥ uvācha–Arjuna said: (he) keśava–O Keśava; kā bhāṣā–what is the description; sthita-prajñasya–of a person of firmly established wisdom; samādhi-sthasya–one in samādhi, absorbed in thought of the Supreme? sthita-dhīḥ kim prabhāṣeta–How does such a person of steady mind speak? kim āsīta kim vrajeta–How does he be and act? [54]

Arjuna said: O Keśava, what are the characteristics of the person of firmly established wisdom, who is fully absorbed in consciousness of the Supreme (samādhi)? How does such a man of steady mind speak, be, and act in this world?