अर्जुन उवाच |\nकिं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम |\nअधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ||८-१||\nअधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन |\nप्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ||८-२||
arjuna uvāca .\nkiṃ tad brahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama .\nadhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate ||8-1||\nadhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko.atra dehe.asminmadhusūdana .\nprayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo.asi niyatātmabhiḥ ||8-2||
Arjun said: O Supreme Lord, what is Brahman (Absolute Reality), what is adhyatma (the individual soul), and what is karma? What is said to be adhibhuta, and who is said to be Adhidaiva? Who is Adhiyajna in the body and how is He the Adhiyajna? O Krishna, how are You to be known at the time of death by those of steadfast mind?