[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 6.24.54 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.24.54 Mahābhārata 6.24.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.54) arjuna uvāca | sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava | sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim || 54 || > "Arjuna said,--What, O Kesava, are the indications of one whose mind is fixed on contemplation? How should one of steady mind speak, how sit, how move?" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 6.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.53) - [Next: 6.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.55) - [Up: 6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24) ## Translations (2) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.26.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.54) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.54) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.26.54) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.54) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.54) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.1.54) — Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.54) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.54) · Pramāṇa