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Bhagavad Gita 8.2

अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन। प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko ’tra dehe ’smin madhusūdana prayāṇa-kāle cha kathaṁ jñeyo ’si niyatātmabhiḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
adhiyajñaḥadhiyajñaḥthe Lord all sacrificial performances
kathamkathamhow
kaḥkaḥwho
atraatrahere
dehedehein body
asminasminthis
madhusūdanamadhusūdanaShree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu
prayāṇa-kāleprayāṇa-kāleat the time of death
chachaand
kathamkathamhow
jñeyaḥjñeyaḥto be known
asiasiare (you)
niyata-ātmabhiḥniyata-ātmabhiḥby those of steadfast mind

Who and how is Adhiyajna here in this body, O destroyer of Madhu? And how, at the time of death, are You to be known by the self-controlled?

और हे मधुसूदन ! यहाँ अधियज्ञ कौन है? और वह इस शरीर में कैसे है? और संयत चित्त वाले पुरुषों द्वारा अन्त समय में आप किस प्रकार जाने जाते हैं,