Kṛṣṇa gives compact definitions. Brahman is the supreme Imperishable. Adhyātma is one's own essential nature, the Self as it stands in the individual. Karma is the creative offering — the force that sends beings forth into becoming. Adhibhūta is the perishable order — all that comes to be and passes. Adhidaiva is the divine order, the presiding Puruṣa behind the cosmic powers. And adhiyajña — “the Lord of sacrifice” — is Kṛṣṇa himself, here in the body. The six terms are simply the one Reality named from six angles: as absolute, as indwelling self, as creative act, as perishable world, as divine presence, and as the goal of all offering.