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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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अर्जुन उवाच |
किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम |
अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ||८-१||
arjuna uvāca . kiṃ tad brahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama . adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate ||8-1||
Arjuna said: What is that Brahman? What is Adhyatma? What is Karma, O best among men? What is declared to be Adhibhuta? And what is Adhidaiva said to be?
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Arjuna has been listening to Krishna use terms he doesn't fully understand. He asks directly: "Krishna, what exactly is Brahman? What is the self? What is karma? What are these terms about the physical world and the divine powers?"
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