Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Who, and in what way, is Adhiyajna here in this body, O destroyer of Madhu? And how art Thou known at the time of death, by the self-controlled?
BG 8.2
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन | प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ||२||
adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'smin madhusūdana | prayāṇa-kāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ || 2 ||
"Who is Adhiyajña in this body, and how are You known at the time of death, O destroyer of Madhu?"
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Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]Who is Adhiyajña here in this body, and how, O Madhusūdana? And at the time of death how art Thou to be known by the self-restrained?
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]Who too is Adhiyajna here, in this body, and how therein, O slayer of Madhu? Tell me also how men who are fixed in meditation are to know thee at the hour of death?
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Yea, and how it comes Thou canst be ADHIYAJNA in thy flesh? Slayer of Madhu! Further, make me know How good men find thee in the hour of death?
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]And who is the Adhiyajna, and how in this body, O destroyer of Madhu? And how, too, are you to be known at the time of departure from this world by those who restrain their selves?