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7.30 Even at the moment of departure Krishna speaks

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः

sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ cha ye viduḥ
prayāṇa-kāle ’pi cha māṁ te vidur yukta-chetasaḥ

Those who know me as governing matter, the gods and every offering — they know me even at the moment of departure.

Explanation

Even at the moment of departure.

Those who know him as governing matter, the gods and every offering know him even then.

That last phrase is what chapter 8 opens on. Arjuna's whole first question in the next chapter is a request to unpack this line — and the eight verses of grounds and gods that follow are him asking what these words mean.

Word by word

sa-adhibhūta
governing principle of the field of matter
adhidaivam
governing principle of the celestial gods
mām
me
sa-adhiyajñam
governing principle of the Lord all sacrificial performances
cha
and
ye
who
viduḥ
know
prayāṇa
of death
kāle
at the time
api
even
cha
and
mām
me
te
they
viduḥ
know
yukta-chetasaḥ
in full consciousness of me