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Devanagari

अर्जुन उवाच
किं तद्‌ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।
अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥

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Tekst

arjuna uvāca
kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ
kiṁ karma puruṣottama
adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam
adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate

Synonyms

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; kim — what; tat — that; brahma — Brahman; kim — what; adhyātmam — the self; kim — what; karma — fruitive activities; puruṣa-uttama — O Supreme Person; adhibhūtam — the material manifestation; ca — and; kim — what; proktam — is called; adhidaivam — the demigods; kim — what; ucyate — is called.

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna sagde; kim — hvad; tat — den; brahma — Brahman; kim — hvad; adhyātmam — selvet; kim — hvad; karma — frugtstræbende handlinger; puruṣa-uttama — O Højeste Person; adhibhūtam — den materielle manifestation; ca — og; kim — hvad; proktam — kaldes; adhidaivam — halvguderne; kim — hvad; ucyate — kaldes.

Translation

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.

Arjuna spurgte: O min Herre, O Højeste Person, hvad er Brahman? Hvad er selvet? Hvad er frugtstræbende handlinger? Hvad er denne materielle manifestation? Og hvad er halvguderne? Vil du ikke forklare dette for mig?

Purport

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 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam explains that the Supreme Absolute Truth is known as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān. In addition, the living entity, the individual soul, is also called Brahman. Arjuna also inquires about ātmā, which refers to body, soul and mind. According to the Vedic dictionary, ātmā refers to the mind, soul, body and senses also.

FORKLARING: I dette kapitel besvarer Herren Kṛṣṇa Arjunas forskellige spørgsmål, der begynder med: “Hvad er Brahman?” Herren fortæller også, hvad der menes med karma (frugtstræbende handlinger), hengiven tjeneste, yoga-principperne og hengiven tjeneste i dens rene form. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam forklarer, at den Højeste Absolutte Sandhed er kendt som Brahman, Paramātmā og Bhagavān. Desuden bliver det levende væsen eller den individuelle sjæl også kaldt Brahman. Arjuna spørger ligeledes om ātmā, der sigter til krop, sjæl og sind. Ifølge den vediske ordbog refererer ātmā til sindet, sjælen og kroppen såvel som til sanserne.

Arjuna has addressed the Supreme Lord as Puruṣottama, 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 definitive answers.

Arjuna har her tiltalt den Højeste Herre som Puruṣottama, den Højeste Person, hvilket betyder, at han ikke blot stillede disse spørgsmål til en ven, men til den Højeste Person, for han vidste, at Kṛṣṇa er den højeste autoritet, der er i stand til at give definitive svar.