अर्जुन
In plain words
Arjuna said: What is Brahman? What is Adhyātma? What is Karma, Purushottama? What is called adhibhūta, and what is said to be adhidaiva?
Word for word
What [is] that Brahman? What [is] adhyātma? What [is] karma, O Supreme Person? And what is declared [to be] adhibhūta? What is said [to be] adhidaiva?
किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तमअधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते
Other commentaries
The commentators
▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· avatāraṇikā
‘ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नम्’(भ. गी. ७ । २९) इत्यादिना भगवता अर्जुनस्य प्रश्नबीजानि उपदिष्टानि । अतः तत्प्रश्नार्थम् अर्जुनः उवाच —
In plain words
With words like “they know that Brahman entirely” (Gītā 7.29), the Lord had already planted the seeds of Arjuna's question. So now, to ask it, Arjuna speaks:
Close to the Sanskrit
By the passage beginning ‘They know that Brahman entirely’ (Gītā 7.29) and the rest, by the Lord the seeds of Arjuna's question were taught. Therefore, for the sake of that question, Arjuna said —
▸Gītā Vāhini
“అటులైన మొదటిదైన ‘బ్రహ్మము’ను గురించి తెలుపుము స్వామీ!” అన్నాడు అర్జునుడు.
In plain words
“Then tell me about the first, ‘Brahman’, Svāmī!” said Arjuna.