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
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