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Saarthi

Chapter 15 · 20 verses

Purushottama Yoga: The Supreme Person

अध्याय 15 — पुरुषोत्तमयोग

The image of the upside-down tree of worldly life, the soul as an eternal part of God, and God as the Supreme Person beyond all.

संसार रूपी उलटे वृक्ष का चित्र, आत्मा का भगवान का सनातन अंश होना, और सबसे परे पुरुषोत्तम भगवान।

  1. Verse 15.1ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् …Krishna describes the world as an eternal fig tree with its roots above and its branches below, whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. Whoever truly understands this tree understands the Vedas.
  2. Verse 15.2अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः …The tree's branches spread up and down, fed by the three qualities, with sense pleasures as their buds. Its roots also grow downward into the human world, tying people to action and its results.
  3. Verse 15.3न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा …In this world nobody can see the tree's true form, its beginning, its end or what holds it up. With the strong axe of detachment, one should cut down this deeply rooted tree.
  4. Verse 15.4ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्य यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः …After that, one should search for the place from which there is no return, surrendering to the original Being from whom this ancient flow of creation began.
  5. Verse 15.5निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः …Those free from pride and delusion, who have conquered the fault of attachment, stay focused on the inner self, have let go of selfish desires and are beyond the pull of pleasure and pain, reach that eternal state.
  6. Verse 15.6न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः …That supreme home of Krishna is not lit by the sun, the moon or fire. Those who reach it never return.
  7. Verse 15.7ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः …Every living being in this world is an eternal part of Me.
  8. Verse 15.8शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः …When the soul takes a body and when it leaves one, it carries the mind and senses along with it, just as the wind carries scent from flowers.
  9. Verse 15.9श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च …Using the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell and the mind, the soul experiences the objects of the senses.
  10. Verse 15.10उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् …People who are confused cannot see the soul as it leaves the body, stays in it or enjoys experiences through the qualities of nature. Only those with the eye of wisdom see it.
  11. Verse 15.11यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् …Yogis who make sincere effort see the soul within themselves. But those whose minds are not purified cannot see it, even if they try.
  12. Verse 15.12यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् …Krishna says the brightness in the sun that lights up the whole world, and the light in the moon and in fire, all comes from him.
  13. Verse 15.13गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा …Entering the earth, Krishna supports all beings with his energy. Becoming the moon, full of life-giving juices, he nourishes all plants.
  14. Verse 15.14अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः …Krishna says he becomes the digestive fire inside living bodies and, working with the breath, digests the four kinds of food.
  15. Verse 15.15सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च …Krishna lives in everyone's heart. From him come memory, knowledge and also forgetting. He is what all the Vedas aim to reveal, he is the author of Vedanta and the knower of the Vedas.
  16. Verse 15.16द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च …There are two kinds of beings in the world: the perishable and the imperishable. All created beings are perishable, while the unchanging soul is called imperishable.
  17. Verse 15.17उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः …But there is another, highest Being, called the Supreme Self, the unchanging Lord who enters the three worlds and sustains them.
  18. Verse 15.18यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः …Because Krishna is beyond the perishable and higher even than the imperishable, he is known in the world and in the Vedas as the Supreme Person, Purushottama.
  19. Verse 15.19यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् …Whoever, free from confusion, knows Krishna as the Supreme Person truly knows everything, and worships him with their whole being.
  20. Verse 15.20इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ …Krishna tells Arjuna that he has shared this most secret teaching. Understanding it, a person becomes truly wise and feels their life's purpose has been fulfilled.