Bhagavad Gita 8.1
अर्जुन उवाच किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम। अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।
arjuna uvācha kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣhottama adhibhūtaṁ cha kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim uchyate
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| arjunaḥ uvācha | arjunaḥ uvācha | Arjun said |
| kim | kim | what |
| tat | tat | that |
| brahma | brahma | Brahman |
| kim | kim | what |
| adhyātmam | adhyātmam | the individual soul |
| kim | kim | what |
| karma | karma | the principle of karma |
| puruṣha-uttama | puruṣha-uttama | Shree Krishna, the Supreme Divine Personality |
| adhibhūtam | adhibhūtam | the material manifestation |
| cha | cha | and |
| kim | kim | what |
| proktam | proktam | is called |
| adhidaivam | adhidaivam | the Lord of the celestial gods |
| kim | kim | what |
| uchyate | uchyate | is called |
Arjuna said, "What is Brahman? What is Adhyatma? What is action, O best among men? What is Adhibhuta declared to be? And, what is Adhidaiva said to be?"
अर्जुन ने कहा -हे पुरुषोत्तम ! वह ब्रह्म क्या है अध्यात्म क्या है? तथा कर्म क्या है? और अधिभूत नाम से क्या कहा गया है? तथा अधिदैव नाम से क्या कहा जाता है,