Chapter 15 · 20 verses
पुरुषोत्तमयोगः
Puruṣottama-yogaḥ
- 15.1ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।The Blessed Lord said: They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, with its roots above and…
- 15.2अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः।Its branches spread below and above, nourished by the Gunas; its buds are sense-objects, and its roots…
- 15.3न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा।Its form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, origin, foundation, or resting place; having cut asunder…
- 15.4ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्य यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः।Then, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, none returns again. I seek refuge in that…
- 15.5निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their…
- 15.6न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।Neither does the sun illuminate there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having gone there, they do not return;…
- 15.7ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।An eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five…
- 15.8शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः।When the Lord, as the individual soul, obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these with Him, just as…
- 15.9श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।Presiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and mind, it enjoys the objects of the senses.
- 15.10उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम्।The deluded do not see Him who departs, stays, and enjoys; but those who possess the eye of knowledge behold…
- 15.11यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्।The yogis striving for perfection behold Him dwelling in the Self; but, the unrefined and unintelligent, even…
- 15.12यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।That light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the…
- 15.13गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।Permeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all…
- 15.14अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and…
- 15.15सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च।And I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory and knowledge, as well as their absence. I am…
- 15.16द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।Two Purushas there are in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable, and the…
- 15.17उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः।But distinct is the Supreme Purusha, called the highest Self, indestructible and Lord, who pervades the three…
- 15.18यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared to be the highest…
- 15.19यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।He who, undeluded, knows Me as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being…
- 15.20इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ।Thus, I have imparted to you this most secret science, O sinless one; by knowing this, one becomes wise, and…