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BG 8.2 — 8.2 Who and how is Adhiyajna here in this body, O destroyer of Madhu (Krishna)? And how at the time of death, art Thou to be known by the self-controlled? | Live Gita
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अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन |
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ||८-२||

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko.atra dehe.asminmadhusūdana . prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo.asi niyatātmabhiḥ ||8-2||


।।8.2।। और हे मधुसूदन ! यहाँ अधियज्ञ कौन है? और वह इस शरीर में कैसे है? और संयत चित्त वाले पुरुषों द्वारा अन्त समय में आप किस प्रकार जाने जाते हैं,

Word-by-word meanings

8.2 अधियज्ञः Adhiyajna? कथम् how? कः who? अत्र here? देहे in body? अस्मिन् this? मधुसूदन O Madhusudana? प्रयाणकाले at the time of death? च and? कथम् how? ज्ञेयः knowable? असि art? नियतात्मभिः by the selfcontrolled.Commentary Arjuna put seven estions to the Lord1. What is that Brahman Is it Brahman with the Upadhis (limiting adjuncts) or Brahman without them2. Is it the aggregate of the senses or individual consciousness (PratyakChaitanya) or distinct? pure consciousness3. What is Karma Is it Yaj

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।8.2।। ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नम् इत्यादि वचनोंसे ( पूर्वाध्यायमें ) भगवान्ने अर्जुनके लिये प्रश्नके बीजोंका उपदेश किया था अतः उन प्रश्नोंको पूछनेके लिये अर्जुन बोला --, हे पुरुषोत्तम वह ब्रह्मतत्त्व क्या है अध्यात्म क्या है कर्म क्या है अधिभूत किसको कहते हैं अधिदैव किसको कहते हैं हे मधुसूदन इस देहमें अधियज्ञ कौन है और कैसे है तथा संयतचित्तवाले योगियोंद्वारा आप मरणकालमें किस प्रकार जाने जा सकते हैं।

Swami Gambirananda

8.2 O Madhusudana, how, and who, is the entity existing in the sacrifice here in this body? And at the time of death, how are You to be known by people of concentrated minds?

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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