अर्जुन उवाच
किं तद् ब्रह्म किम् अध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ॥
अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तम् अधिदैवं किम् उच्यते ॥
अधियज्ञः कथं को ऽत्र देहे ऽस्मिन् मधुसूदन ॥
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयो ऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥
arjuna uvāca
kiṃ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama ||
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktam adhidaivaṃ kim ucyate ||
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko 'tra dehe 'smin madhusūdana ||
prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo 'si niyatātmabhiḥ ||
Arjuna said: 'What is that Brahman? What is adhyatma? What is karma, O Supreme Person? What is called adhibhuta and what is termed adhidaiva? Who is adhiyajna here in this body, and what is he, O Madhusudana? And how, at the hour of departure, art Thou known by those of governed mind?'
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Arjuna is not asking for an abstract classification of terms, but for knowledge needed at the decisive moment of death. His questions bind together metaphysics, the body, sacrifice, and remembrance of Krishna into a single practical concern.