Shloka 2
विभूति-योगः (Vibhūti-yoga) — Exemplary Manifestations as a Contemplative Index
अधियज्ञ: कथं कोअत्र देहेडस्मिन् मधुसूदन । प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोडसि नियतात्मभि:,हे मधुसूदन! यहाँ अधियज्ञ कौन है? और वह इस शरीरमें कैसे है? तथा युक्तचित्तवाले पुरुषोंद्वारा अन्त समयमें आप किस प्रकार जाननेमें आते हैं?
arjuna uvāca | adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko 'tra dehe 'smin madhusūdana | prayāṇakāle ca kathaṁ jñeyo 'si niyatātmabhiḥ ||
Arjuna berkata: “Wahai Madhusūdana, siapakah ‘Adhiyajña’ di sini, dan bagaimana Dia bersemayam dalam tubuh ini? Dan pada saat ajal, bagaimanakah Engkau harus dikenal oleh mereka yang menguasai diri dan teguh dalam disiplin?”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arjuna seeks clarity on the divine dimension of yajña (Adhiyajña) and the practical spiritual method: how disciplined practitioners can recognize and remember the Lord at the moment of death—linking inner realization with the final ethical-spiritual test of one’s life.
On the battlefield discourse, after hearing Kṛṣṇa’s teaching on Brahman, the self, and karma, Arjuna asks follow-up questions: who the Adhiyajña is, how that reality is present within embodied life, and how yogic, self-controlled persons know Kṛṣṇa at life’s end.