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[[Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972) - Chapter 08|b01]]
<div style="float:left">'''[[Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972)]] - [[BG 8 (1972)|Chapter 8: Attaining the Supreme]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 1 ====

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:अर्जुन उवाच ।
:किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।
:अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥१॥
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:arjuna uvāca
:kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ
:kiṁ karma puruṣottama
:adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam
:adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''arjunaḥ uvāca''—Arjuna said; ''kim''—what; ''tat''—that; ''brahma''—Brahman; ''kim''—what; ''adhyātmam''—the self; ''kim''—what; ''karma''—fruitive activities; ''puruṣottama''—O Supreme Person; ''adhibhūtam''—the material manifestation; ''ca''—and; ''kim''—what; ''proktam''—is called; ''adhidaivam''—the demigods; ''kim''—what; ''ucyate''—is called.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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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.
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==== PURPORT ====

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In this chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa answers these different questions of Arjuna beginning with, "What is Brahman?" The Lord also explains ''karma'', fruitive activities, devotional service and ''yoga'' principles, and devotional service in its pure form. The ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' 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 ''ātmā'', which refers to body, soul and mind. According to the Vedic dictionary, ''ātmā'' refers to the mind, soul, body and senses also.

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.
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