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BG 8.1 (1972)

BG 8.1 (1983+)

please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_1"#TEXT 1#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अर्जुन उवाच ।#/dd# #dd#किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।#/dd# #dd#अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥१॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#arjuna uvāca#/dd# #dd#kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ#/dd# #dd#kiṁ karma puruṣottama#/dd# #dd#adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam#/dd# #dd#adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i#arjunaḥ uvāca#/i#—Arjuna said; #i#kim#/i#—what; #i#tat#/i#—that; #i#brahma#/i#—Brahman; #i#kim#/i#—what; #i#adhyātmam#/i#—the self; #i#kim#/i#—what; #i#karma#/i#—fruitive activities; #i#puruṣottama#/i#—O Supreme Person; #i#adhibhūtam#/i#—the material manifestation; #i#ca#/i#—and; #i#kim#/i#—what; #i#proktam#/i#—is called; #i#adhidaivam#/i#—the demigods; #i#kim#/i#—what; #i#ucyate#/i#—is called. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#In this chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa answers these different questions of Arjuna beginning with, "What is Brahman?" The Lord also explains #i#karma#/i#, fruitive activities, devotional service and #i#yoga#/i# principles, and devotional service in its pure form. The #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# explains that the Supreme Absolute Truth is known as Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān. In addition, the living entity, individual soul, is also called Brahman. Arjuna also inquires about #i#ātmā#/i#, which refers to body, soul and mind. According to the Vedic dictionary, #i#ātmā#/i# refers to the mind, soul, body and senses also. #$p#Arjuna has addressed the Supreme Lord as #i#Puruṣottama#/i#, Supreme Person, which means that he was putting these questions not simply to a friend but to the Supreme Person, knowing Him to be the supreme authority able to give definitive answers. #/p# #/div# #/div# please wait#div class="mw-parser-output"# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TEXT_1"#TEXT 1#/span##/h4# #div class="devanagari"# #dl##dd#अर्जुन उवाच#/dd# #dd#किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।#/dd# #dd#अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥१॥#/dd##/dl# #/div# #div class="verse"# #dl##dd#arjuna uvāca#/dd# #dd#kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ#/dd# #dd#kiṁ karma puruṣottama#/dd# #dd#adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam#/dd# #dd#adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate#/dd##/dl# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="SYNONYMS"#SYNONYMS#/span##/h4# #div class="synonyms"# #p##i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=arjunaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#arjunaḥ #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uvāca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uvāca#/i# — Arjuna said; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim#/i# — what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tat#/i# — that; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=brahma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#brahma#/i# — Brahman; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim#/i# — what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adhyātmam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adhyātmam#/i# — the self; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim#/i# — what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karma#/i# — fruitive activities; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=puruṣa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#puruṣa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=uttama&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#uttama#/i# — O Supreme Person; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adhibhūtam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adhibhūtam#/i# — the material manifestation; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ca#/i# — and; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim#/i# — what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=proktam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#proktam#/i# — is called; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adhidaivam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#adhidaivam#/i# — the demigods; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kim&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kim#/i# — what; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ucyate&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ucyate#/i# — is called. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="TRANSLATION"#TRANSLATION#/span##/h4# #div class="translation"# #p#Arjuna inquired:O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me. #/p# #/div# #h4##span class="mw-headline" id="PURPORT"#PURPORT#/span##/h4# #div class="purport"# #p#In this chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa answers different questions from Arjuna, beginning with "What is Brahman?" The Lord also explains #i#karma#/i# (fruitive activities), devotional service and #i#yoga#/i# principles, and devotional service in its pure form. The #i#Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam#/i# explains that the Supreme Absolute Truth is known as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. In addition, the living entity, the individual soul, is also called Brahman. Arjuna also inquires about #i#ātmā#/i#, which refers to body, soul and mind. According to the Vedic dictionary, #i#ātmā#/i# refers to the mind, soul, body and senses also. #$p#Arjuna has addressed the Supreme Lord as Puruṣottama, Supreme Person, which means that he was putting these questions not simply to a friend but to the Supreme Person, knowing Him to be the supreme authority able to give definitive answers. #/p# #/div# #/div#
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