Friday, July 8, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 8/Verse 1

अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।


अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥८- १॥

arjuna uvāca
kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama ।
adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate ॥8- 1॥

Arjuna said, What is that Brahman? What is the supreme self? What is action, Highest among People? How is the supreme being declared? What is the supreme god said to be? 


arjunas (masculine, nominative, singular) = Arjuna 

uvāca (past tense, 3rd person, singular) = one said 

kim (interrogative) (indeclinable) = what

tat (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = that

brahma (neuter, nominative, singular) = Brahman 

kim (interrogative) (indeclinable) = what 

adhyātmam (neuter, nominative, singular) = supreme self  

kim (interrogative) (indeclinable) = what

karma (neuter, nominative, singular) = action

puruṣottama (masculine, vocative, singular) = Highest among people (epithet of Krishna) 


adhibhūtam (adhi + bhūtam) (neuter, nominative, singular) = supreme being 

ca (conunction) (indeclinable) = and

kim (interrogative) (indeclinable) = how

proktam (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, singular) = declared 

adhidaivam (adhi + daivam) (neuter, nominative, singular) = supreme god 

kim (interrogative) (indeclinable) = what

ucyate (present tense, passive, 3rd person, singular) = it is said 


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