8.2 अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन। प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ k
Word meanings
adhiyajñaḥ—the Lord all sacrificial performances;katham—how;kaḥ—who;atra—here;dehe—in body;asmin—this;madhusūdana—Shree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu;prayāṇa-kāle—at the time of death;cha—and;katham—how;jñeyaḥ—to be known;asi—are (You);niyata-ātmabhiḥ—by those of steadfast mind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Who is the Lord of Sacrifices, and how? Who is in this body? O slayer of Madhu, how can the self-controlled realize You at the time of their journey (i.e., death)?
Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?
Who is Adhiyajna in this body, and how is he the Adhiyajna, O Krsna? And how are You to be known at the time of death, by the self-controlled?
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?
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 one?
8.4 अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर
adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś
Word meanings
adhibhūtam—the ever changing physical manifestation;kṣharaḥ—perishable;bhāvaḥ—nature;puruṣhaḥ—the cosmic personality of God, encompassing the material creation;cha—and;adhidaivatam—the Lord of the celestial gods;adhiyajñaḥ—the Lord of all sacrifices;aham—I;eva—certainly;atra—here;dehe—in the body;deha-bhṛitām—of the embodied;vara—O best
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The changing nature is the lord of the material beings; the Person alone is the lord of the divinities; I am alone the Lord of sacrifices, and I, the best of the embodied souls, dwell in this body.
Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspires the spirit of sacrifice in man, O noblest of thy race, is I Myself, Who now stand in human form before thee.
Adhibhuta is perishable existence, O best of the embodied men; the Adhidaivata is the Purusa (individual self). I am the Adhiyajna, here in the body.
The which exists in the physical plane is the mutable entity, and what exists in the divine plane is the Person. O best among the embodied beings, I Myself am the entity that exists in the sacrifice in this body.
Adhibhuta (knowledge of the elements) pertains to My perishable Nature, and the Purusha or soul is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best among the embodied (men)!
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अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Chapter 8: The Nature of Brahman
akṣarabrahmayoga
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श्रीभगवानुवाच
8.3 अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते। भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः
śrī bhagavān uvāca
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Word meanings
akṣharam—indestructible;brahma—Brahman;paramam—the Supreme;svabhāvaḥ—nature;adhyātmam—one’s own self;uchyate—is called;bhūta-bhāva-udbhava-karaḥ—Actions pertaining to the material personality of living beings, and its development;visargaḥ—creation;karma—fruitive activities;sanjñitaḥ—are called
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Bhagavat said, "The immutable Absolute is the Brahman. Its intrinsic nature is called the Lord of the Self. The emitting activity that causes the birth of both the animate and inanimate is named 'action'."
The Lord Shri Krishna replied: The Supreme Spirit is the Highest Imperishable Self, and Its Nature is spiritual consciousness. The worlds have been created and are supported by an emanation from the Spirit which is called the Law.
The brahman is the Aksara or the supreme and imperishable self. Nature (Svabhava) is spoken as that which dwells with the self. Karma is that creative force which produces the origination of material beings.
The Blessed Lord said The Immutable is the supreme Brahman; self-hood is said to the entity present in the individual plane. By action is meant the offerings which bring about the origin of the existence of things.
Brahman is the Imperishable, the Supreme; His essential nature is called Self-knowledge; the offering (to the gods) which causes existence and manifestation of beings and which also sustains them is called action.
