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The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

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8 ╭ The Eternal Godhead

arjuna

1

O Krishna, what is Brahman, and what is the nature

of action? What is the adhyatma, the adhibhuta,

2

the adhidaiva ? What is the adhiyajna, the supreme

sacrifice, and how is it to be offered? How are the

self-controlled united with you at the time of death?

krishna

3

My highest nature, the imperishable Brahman,

gives every creature its existence and lives in

every creature as the adhyatma. My action is

creation and the bringing forth of creatures. 4 The

adhibhuta is the perishable body; the adhidaiva is

Purusha, eternal spirit. The adhiyajna, the supreme

sacrifice, is made to me as the Lord within you.

5

Those who remember me at the time of death

will come to me. Do not doubt this. 6 Whatever

occupies the mind at the time of death determines

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