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TEXT 54 arjuna uvaca
SYNONYMS  arjunah uvaca--Arjuna
said; sthita-prajnasya--of one who is situated in fixed Krsna consciousness;
ka--what;
bhasa--language; samadhi-sthasya--of one situated in trance;
kesava--O Krsna; sthita-dhih--one fixed in Krsna consciousness;
kim--what; prabhaseta--speak; kim--how;
asita--does
remain; vrajeta--walks; kim--how.
TRANSLATION Arjuna said:
What are the symptoms of one whose consciousness is thus merged in Transcendence?
How does he speak, and what is his language? How does he sit, and how does
he walk?
PURPORT As there are
symptoms for each and every man, in terms of his particular situation,
similarly one who is Krsna conscious has his particular nature--talking,
walking, thinking, feeling, etc. As a rich man has his symptoms by which
he is known as a rich man, as a diseased man has his symptoms, by which
he is known as diseased, or as a learned man has his symptoms, so a man
in transcendental consciousness of Krsna has specific symptoms in various
dealings. One can know his specific symptoms from the Bhagavad-gita.
Most important is how the man in Krsna consciousness speaks, for speech
is the most important quality of any man. It is said that a fool is undiscovered
as long as he does not speak, and certainly a well-dressed fool cannot
be identified unless he speaks, but as soon as he speaks, he reveals himself
at once. The immediate symptom of a Krsna conscious man is that he speaks
only of Krsna and of matters relating to Him. Other symptoms then automatically
follow, as stated below.
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