What does a steady person look like

sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśavasthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim

Keshava, what marks one of steady wisdom? How do they speak, sit and walk?

What it means

For the first time, Arjuna asks a real question. Not why, but what does it look like? He wants to know the sthitaprajna, the person of steady wisdom. How do they talk? How do they sit? How do they move through the world? It's a practical, beautiful question.

The story

Something has shifted. Arjuna has stopped arguing and started learning. Krishna's answer, which fills the rest of this chapter, is one of the most loved portraits in all of spiritual literature.

In your life

Remember the calmest person you know. How do they talk, sit, walk into a room? Watch them this week. Then borrow one small habit of theirs.