Chapter VII · Śloka 30
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः ।
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः ॥
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः ॥
sādhibhūtādhidaivaṃ māṃ sādhiyajñaṃ ca ye viduḥ |
prayāṇa-kāle 'pi ca māṃ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ ||
prayāṇa-kāle 'pi ca māṃ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ ||
Those who know Me as the adhibhūta (the field of matter), the adhidaiva (the cosmic divine principle), and the adhiyajña (the Lord of sacrifice) — they, with integrated minds, know Me even at the time of death.
The chapter closes by linking cosmological knowledge to the final test: the moment of death. One who has integrated the understanding of Krishna as the ground of matter (adhibhūta), the divine principle behind all phenomena (adhidaiva), and the witness of all sacrifice (adhiyajña) retains that knowledge even in the dissolution of the body — the mark of true jñāna.