Chapter VIII · Śloka 2
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन ।
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'smin madhusūdana |
prayāṇa-kāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ ||
prayāṇa-kāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ ||
Who and how is adhiyajña here in this body, O Madhusūdana? And how are You to be known at the time of death by those of steady mind?
Arjuna completes his questions by asking about the adhiyajña — the cosmic lord of sacrifice — and how the self-controlled person can remain conscious of the Divine at the critical moment of death.