Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 15 · Verse 18

Purushottama Yoga 15, verse 18

പുരുഷോത്തമയോഗം

Bhagavad Gita · Purushottama Yoga 15 · Verse 18 Verified original

यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः

യസ്മാത്ക്ഷരമതീതോഽഹമക്ഷരാദപി ചോത്തമഃ അതോഽസ്മി ലോകേ വേദേ ച പ്രഥിതഃ പുരുഷോത്തമഃ

yasmātkṣaramatīto.ahamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ ato.asmi loke vedeca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

English Translation

Since I am transcendental to the mutable and above even the immutable, hence I am well known in the world and in the Vedas as the supreme Person.

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Explanation · English

Purushottama is a wellknown name of the Lord. The name is ite appropriate as He is the supreme Purusha.Kshara The perishable -- the tree of Samsara.Akshara The imperishable -- the seed of the tree of Samsara.Because I excel the perishable (the tree of illusory Samsara) and am more excellent also than the imperishable (the seed of the tree of the illusory Samsara) and because I am thus superior to the perishable and the imperishable? I am proclaimed in the world and in the Vedas as the highest Purusha. Devotees know Me as such. Poets also describe Me as such.I am beyond all limitations. There is no trace of dualism in Me. Therefore? I am called by all and by the scriptures the highest Purusha.

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