Chapter 8 verse 3
“The Blessed Lord said: The Supreme Indestructible Entity is called Brahman; one’s own self is called adhyātma. Actions pertaining to the material personality of living beings, and its development are called karma, or fruitive activities.”
Krishna goes on to answer Arjuna questions on the definition of terms Lord used in the last verse of chapter 7. The supreme consciousness which pervades the universe and that which is indestructible is called Brahman. Lord uses the term “Akshara Brahman-Indestructible Supreme Entity”. The individual soul, body, mind, intellect and ego is called the Adhyatma. Adhyatma is also used to call the spiritual path and science of the soul in other places in sanatana dharma scriptures. Karma is all actions in the material world which results in some fruit of sorts. These actions guide all beings in the material realm. There are still a few more terms to be defined in the next verses.
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