Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 8.1

Sanskrit

अर्जुन उवाच किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम। अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।

arjuna uvācha kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣhottama adhibhūtaṁ cha kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim uchyate

Meaning

Understand the layers of reality: your inner purpose, your actions, and their ripple effects. Leaders who grasp this interconnection make wiser decisions aligned with lasting...

Translation

Arjuna said, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What exists in the individual plane? What is action? What is said to exist in the physical plane? And what is said to exist in the divine plane?

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: