Chapter 8: Path to the Supremeअक्षरब्रह्मयोग
8:1
“Arjuna said: O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What is action? What is said to be the domain of the material elements? And what is called the domain of the gods?”
Sanskrit
अर्जुन उवाच | किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम | अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ||
Transliteration
arjuna uvāca kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣottama adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate
Commentary
Arjuna asks seven profound questions arising from the previous chapter's concluding verse. These questions set up the comprehensive teaching on attaining the Supreme that follows.
Chapter 8
Path to the Supreme