8.2

Sanskrit

अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन । प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'smin madhusūdana prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ

Translation

What is the knowledge of Sacrifice in this body, and how, O, Madhusûdana? And how, at the time of forthgoing art Thou known by the Self-controlled?

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

The sixth definitional term, adhiyajna, and the death-moment question arrive together in one verse — a hint that Krishna is going to fold them into the same answer. Verse 4 will identify adhiyajna with Krishna’s own embodied presence, and verse 5 pivots straight into what a person thinks of at the moment of death, which occupies the rest of the chapter far longer than the definitional list does.