EIGHTH DISCOURSE.
अर्जुन उवाच ।
किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।
अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥Arjuna said:
What is that Eternal,[1] what Self-knowledge,[2] what Action,[3] O Purushottama? And what is declared to be the knowledge of the Elements,[4] what is called the knowledge of the Shining Ones?[5] (1)
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन ।
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥ २ ॥
What is the knowledge of Sacrifice[6] in this body, and how, O, Madhusûdana? And how, at the time of forthgoing art Thou known by the Self-controlled? (2)