dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate
saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho’bhijāyate

When a man thinks of objects, attachment for them arises; from attachment desire is born; from desire arises anger

dhyāyataḥ = while contemplating; viṣayān = sense objects; puṃsaḥ = of a person; saṅgaḥ = attachment; teṣu = in the sense objects; upajāyate = develops; saṅgāt = from attachment; sañjāyate = develops; kāmaḥ = desire; kāmāt = from desire;

krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ
smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati

From anger comes delusion ; from delusion loss of memory ; from loss of memory the destruction of discrimination ; from destruction of discrimination he perishes.

krodhaḥ = anger; abhijāyate = becomes manifest.; krodhāt = from anger; bhavati = takes place; sammohaḥ = perfect illusion; sammohāt = from illusion; smṛti = of memory; vibhramaḥ = bewilderment; smṛtibhraṃśāt = after bewilderment of memory; buddhināśaḥ = loss of intelligence; buddhināśāt = and from loss of intelligence; praṇaśyati = one falls down.;

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ
rasavarjaṃ raso’pyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate

The objects of the senses turn away from the abstinent man leaving the longing (behind) ; but his longing also leaves him on seeing the Supreme.

viṣayāḥ = objects for sense enjoyment; vinivartante = are practiced to be refrained from; nirāhārasya = by negative restrictions; dehīnaḥ = for the embodied; rasavarjaṃ = giving up the taste; rasaḥ = sense of enjoyment; api = although there is; asya = his; paraṃ = far superior things; dṛṣṭvā = by experiencing; nivartate = he ceases from.;

yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ

The turbulent senses, O son of Kunti, do violently carry away the mind of a wise-man, though he be striving (to control them) .

yatataḥ = while endeavoring; hi = certainly; api = in spite of; kaunteya = O son of Kunti; puruṣasya = of a man; vipaścitaḥ = full of discriminating knowledge; indriyāṇi = the senses; pramāthīni = agitating; haranti = throw; prasabhaṃ = by force; manaḥ = the mind.;

yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

When, like the tortoise which withdraws its limbs from all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects then his Wisdom becomes steady.

yadā = when; saṃharate = winds up; ca = also; ayaṃ = he; kūrmaḥ = tortoise; aṅgāni = limbs; iva = like; sarvaśaḥ = altogether; indriyāṇi = senses; indriyārthebhyaḥ = from the sense objects; tasya = his; prajñā = consciousness; pratiṣṭhitā = fixed.;

duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ
vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate

He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, and who in prosperity does not hanker after pleasures, who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a Sage-of-Steady-Wisdom.

duḥkheṣu = in the threefold miseries; anudvignamanāḥ = without being agitated in mind; sukheṣu = in happiness; vigataspṛhaḥ = without being interested; vīta = free from; rāga = attachment; bhaya = fear; krodhaḥ = and anger; sthitadhīḥ = whose mind is steady; muniḥ = a sage; ucyate = is called.;

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā

He who is everywhere without attachment, on meeting with anything good or bad, who neither rejoices nor hates, his Wisdom is fixed.

yaḥ = one who; sarvatra = everywhere; anabhisnehaḥ = without affection; tat = that; tat = that; prāpya = achieving; śubha = good; aśubhaṃ = evil; na = never; abhinandatī = praises; na = never; dveṣṭi = envies; tasya = his; prajñā = perfect knowledge; pratiṣṭhitā = fixed.;

śrībhagavānuvāca
prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān
ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate

The Blessed Lord said: When a man completely casts off, O Partha, all the desires of the mind, and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then is he said to be one of steady Wisdom.

śrībhagavānuvāca = the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; prajahāti = gives up; yadā = when; kāmān = desires for sense gratification; sarvān = of all varieties; pārtha = O son of Pritha; manogatān = of mental concoction; ātmāni = in the pure state of the soul; eva = certainly; ātmanā = by the purified mind; tuṣṭaḥ = satisfied; sthitaprajñaḥ = transcendentally situated; tadā = at that time; ucyate = is said.;

arjuna uvāca
sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim

Arjuna said: What, O Keshava, is the description of him who has steady Wisdom and who is merged in the Superconscious state? How does one of steady Wisdom speak, how does he sit, how does he walk?

arjuna uvāca = Arjuna said; sthitaprajñasya = of one who is situated in fixed Krishna consciousness; kā = what; bhāṣā = language; samādhisthasya = of one situated in trance; keśava = O Krishna; sthitadhīḥ = one fixed in Krishna consciousness; kiṃ = what; prabhāṣeta = speaks; kiṃ = how; āsīta = does remain still; vrajeta = walks; kiṃ = how.;

yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhirvyatitariṣyati
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṃ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca

When your intellect crosses beyond the mire of delusion, then you shall attain to indifference as to what has been heard and what is yet to be heard.

yadā = when; te = your; moha = of illusion; kalilaṃ = dense forest; buddhiḥ = transcendental service with intelligence; vyatitariṣyati = surpasses; tadā = at that time; gantāsi = you shall go; nirvedaṃ = callousness; śrotavyasya = toward all that is to be heard; śrutasya = all that is already heard; ca = also.;