किं तदà¥à¤¬à¥à¤°à¤¹à¥à¤® किमधà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤¤à¥à¤®à¤‚ किं करà¥à¤® पà¥à¤°à¥à¤·à¥‹à¤¤à¥à¤¤à¤® ।
अधिà¤à¥‚तं च किं पà¥à¤°à¥‹à¤•à¥à¤¤à¤®à¤§à¤¿à¤¦à¥ˆà¤µà¤‚ किमà¥à¤šà¥à¤¯à¤¤à¥‡ ॥१॥
arjuna uvÄca
kiá¹ tad brahma kim adhyÄtmaá¹
kiá¹ karma puruá¹£ottama
adhibhūtaṠca kiṠproktam
adhidaivaá¹ kim ucyate
arjunaḥ uvÄca - Arjuna said; kim - what; tat - that; brahma - Brahman; kim - what; adhyÄtmam - the self; kim - what; karma - fruitive activities; puruá¹£a-uttama - O Supreme Person; adhibhÅ«tam - the material manifestation; ca - and; kim - what; proktam - is called; adhidaivam - the demigods; kim - what; ucyate - is called.
Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me.
In this chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa answers different questions from Arjuna, beginning with “What is Brahman?†The Lord also explains karma (fruitive activities), devotional service and yoga principles, and devotional service in its pure form. The ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam explains that the Supreme Absolute Truth is known as Brahman, ParamÄtmÄ and BhagavÄn. In addition, the living entity, the individual soul, is also called Brahman. Arjuna also inquires about ÄtmÄ, which refers to body, soul and mind. According to the Vedic dictionary, ÄtmÄ refers to the mind, soul, body and senses also.
Arjuna has addressed the Supreme Lord as Puruá¹£ottama, Supreme Person, which means that he was putting these questions not simply to a friend but to the Supreme Person, knowing Him to be the supreme authority able to give deï¬nitive answers.
