Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 8

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

Translation

What is the knowledge of Sacrifice in this body, and how, O, Madhusûdana? And how, at the time of forthgoing art Thou known by the Self -controlled?

What it means

And what is the knowledge of sacrifice in this body, and how, at the time of death, are You known by the self-controlled? The last question is the urgent one. Everything else serves it.

Try this today

The practical finale of the question list: how does any of this help at the actual moment of death?

Something to reflect on

If only one of my questions about death is urgent, which one is it?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.