॥ Om Sri Paramadmane Nama:॥ Ada Ashtamo’dhyaayah:। Akshar Brahma Yoga (Non decaying ultimate spirit)

Arjuna Uvacha।

kim tad brahma kim adhyatmam kim karma purushottama। adhibhutam ca kim proktam adhidaivam kim ucyate॥ 8.1 ॥

Arjuna said: O Lord Sri Krishna, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me.

adhiyajnah katham ko ’tra dehe ’smin madhusudana। prayana-kale ca katham jneyo ’si niyatatmabhih॥ 8.2 ॥

Arjuna said: Who is the Lord of sacrifice, and how does He live in the body, O Krishna? And how can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?

Sri Bhagavan Uvacha।

aksharam brahma paramam svabhavo ’dhyatmam ucyate। bhuta-bhavodbhava-karo visargah karma-samjnitah॥ 8.3 ॥

Sri Bhagavan said: The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called adhyatma, the self. Action pertaining to the development of the material bodies of the living entities is called karma, or fruitive activities.

adhibhutam ksaro bhavah purushas cadhidaivatam। adhiyajno ’ham evatra dehe deha-bhrtam vara॥ 8.4 ॥

O Arjuna, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, is called adhibhuta [the material manifestation]. The universal form of the Lord, which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon, is called adhidaiva. And I, the Supreme Lord, represented as the Super soul in the heart of every embodied being, am called adhiyajna [the Lord of sacrifice].

anta-kale ca mam eva smaran muktva kalevaram। yah prayati sa mad-bhavam yati nasty atra samsayah॥ 8.5 ॥

And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.

yam yam vapi smaran bhavam tyajaty ante kalevaram। tam tam evaiti kaunteya sada tad-bhava-bhavitah॥ 8.6 ॥

Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O Arjuna, that state he will attain without fail.