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1030
GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
अर्जुन उवाच ।
$$ किं ब्रह्म मिध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम । अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥ अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन । प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥ २ ॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते । भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः ॥ ३ ॥
this Principle, which exists at the inner core of everything, is not the Prakrti or the Jivātman of the Samkhya system, but the Paramatman. The Blessed Lord now tells Arjuna, with reference to this proposition, that there is only one Paramesvara, Who pervades every human body, all created beings (as adhibhuta), all Yajñas (as adhiyajña), all deities (as adhidairata), all Karma, and all the subtle (that is, Metaphysical) forms of everything; and that the diversity, or the various kinds of Knowledge of deities, Yajñas etc. is not true Knowledge. The words adhibhuta' etc., used by the Blessed Lord at the end of the seventh chapter, create in Arjuna a desire to learn their meaning, and he first asks as follows-]
Arjuna said:-(1) O Purusottama, what is that Brahman ?; what is adhyatma?; what is karma?; what is to be called adhibhuta ?; and what is called a dhidaivata?; (2) of what kind is the adhiyajña? and O Madhusudana, Who is (the adhideha) in this Body (that is, deha-Trans.)?; and how do those, who control their senses, Realise You, at the moment of their death? (Tell me this).
[The words 'brahma', 'adhyatma', 'karma',' adhibhuta', and 'adhiyajña' are to be found in the last chapter; but, in addition to these, Arjuna has asked something new, namely, "who is the adhideha"?". If this is borne in mind, it will not be difficult to understand the meaning of the following answer.]
The Blessed Lord said:-(3) That Element,
which is
