अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।
प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko ’tra dehe ’smin madhusūdana
prayāṇa-kāle cha kathaṁ jñeyo ’si niyatātmabhiḥ
- adhiyajñaḥ - the Lord all sacrificial performances
- katham - how
- kaḥ - who
- atra - here
- dehe - in body
- asmin - this
- madhusūdana - Shree Krishna, the killer of the demon named Madhu
- prayāṇa-kāle - at the time of death
- cha - and
- katham - how
- jñeyaḥ - to be known
- asi - are (you)
- niyata-ātmabhiḥ - by those of steadfast mind
Who and how is Adhiyajna here in this body, O destroyer of Madhu? And how, at the time of death, are You to be known by the self-controlled?