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Definition - What does Sthitaprajna mean?

Sthitaprajna is a Sanskrit term that means “contented,” “calm” and “firm in judgment and wisdom.” It is a combination of two words: sthita, meaning “existing,” “being” and “firmly resolved to,” and prajna, meaning “wise,” “clever” and “intelligent.”

In the Bhagavad Gita, sthitaprajna refers to a man of steady wisdom. The yogi is described in Sloka 55 as a sthitaprajna when he “renounces completely all the desires of the mind, when he is fully satisfied with his mind fixed in Atman.”

Yogapedia explains Sthitaprajna

The sthitaprajna is also known as a jivanmukta (one who is liberated while still living an earthly life) in some traditions and can be referred to a free soul or self.

According to the Gita, a sthitaprajna:

• Is free from worldly attachments and aversions
• Does not need to seek the truth because he sees truth
• Is free from motives and ego
• Has attained full knowledge of the Ultimate Reality
• Does good deeds with no expectations of reward
• Is aware of the oneness of Reality.

• The question arose in the mind of Arjuna who asks Shri Krishna how a “Sthita Prajnya” is intellectually equanimous, self aware, conduct himself through shloka 55 in chapter 2 of Saankhya Yoga of Bhagavadgeeta.

  Arjuna Uvaacha

  Sthitaprajnyasya kaa bhaashaa samaadhistasya keshava

  Sthitaadhih kim prabhaasheta kim aaseeta vrajeta kim

  Arjuna said: What are the characteristics of the man established in awareness, firmly established in wisdom, and who is equanimous in his intellect, O Krishna? How does he speak being established in awareness? How does he rest or how does he move about?

  In Madhwacharya’s Geeta Bhashya, the word Sthitaprajnya is described in chaste Sanskrit as: Sthitaa-Prajnyaa-Jnyaanam Yasya Sa Sthitaprajnya:|| This refers to a person whose awareness is well established.

  Which “jnyaana” is the Sthita Prajnya supposed to be aware of? Jnyaana in context of Geeta Bhashya is that Brahma is the creator, the source of knowledge of the innumerable perfect qualities of Mahavishnu, pursued by many in their own ways, for instance like by Rudra when he traveled to Kailaasa to seek the grace of Mahavishnu, as described in Harivamsha. Kim Aseeta transcends to Kim Pratyaaseet, in the Bhaashya, which means - for what purpose does the Sthita Prajnya rests. In short Arjuna wants to know in depth about Sthita Prajnya.

  Verse 55, Chapter II, Saankhya Yoga, Bhagavadgeeta

  PRAJAHATI YADA KAMAAN SARVAAN PAARTHA MANOGATAAN
  ATMANY EVATMANA TUSHTAHA STHITAPRAJNAS TADOCHYATE

  Meaning: The Resplendent Lord said: When a man discards all the desires of his mind, O Arjuna, when his Self is content in his own Self, then he is called one well established in wisdom.

  Bhaashya entails how to differentiate between a Sthitaprajnya and a normal human being, while both may look just as normal human beings do. The Sthitaprajnya, as per the Bhaashya, is described progressively as:

  1. the one who discards all desires, after realization of the Lord (described as vision), like Shuka
  2. the one who realizes Brahma jnyaana with the grace of Lord,
  3. the one who is supremely contented due to his realization and devotion and commitment to keep performing his duty in reverence to his Lord.
  4. the one who remains unattached to result materialistically, yet as something that fulfills his desire to attain grace of Lord continually
  5. the one who, as a result of consistency in performing his actions therefore, achieves a distinctive state of consciousness as though he is in a Samaadhi.
  6. the one who, is in constant equanimity (samaadhi), quelling desires by confronting them with wisdom, contradicting them and destroying them, with assistance of Supreme Self.

  Sthita Prajnya is thus explained in complete detail in Geeta Bhaashya convincingly.