Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2/Verse 55

श्रीभगवानुवाच

प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥२- ५५॥

śrībhagavānuvāca
prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān ।
ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate ॥2- 55॥

The Blessed Lord said, when one abandons all desires contained in the mind, O son-of-Prithā. Then one is called "knowing that is steadfast", contented with the soul, indeed, in the soul. 


Word-for-word translations

śrībhagavān (masculine, nominative, singular) = Blessed Lord

uvāca (past tense, 3rd person, singular) = said 

prajahāti (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one abandons 

yadā (relative adverb) (indeclinable) = when 

kāmān (masculine, accusative, plural) = desires 

sarvān (adjective) (masculine, accusative, plural) = all

pārtha (masculine, vocative, singular) = O son-of-Prithā

manas (neuter, accusative, singular) = mind

gatān (past passive participle) (masculine, nominative, plural) = contained


ātmani (masculine, locative, singular) = in the soul

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed (emphatic particle, emphasizes the previous word)

ātmanā (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with the soul

tuṣṭas (past passive participle) (masculine, nominative, singular) = contented

sthitaprajñas (sthita + prajñas) (compound) (masculine, nominative, singular) = knowing that is steadfast

tadā (correlative adverb) (indeclinable) = then 

ucyate (passive, present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one is called 


Commentary

Previous translations seem to vary in the syntax of the latter part of the verse and tend to add or subtract from the literal words of this verse. The use of the past passive participles are nice in this verse and are actually the reason for the variations in the previous translations.