Bhagavad Gita World

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 – Purushottama Yoga

The yoga of the Supreme Person.

20 verses

All verses of this chapter

  1. 15.1 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: The wise speak of an imperishable ashvattha (peepul) tree with its roots above and…
  2. 15.2 – अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा – Its branches, nourished by the gunas and budding with sense-objects, spread both downward and upward.
  3. 15.3 – न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते – Its form is not perceived here as it has been described, nor its end, nor its beginning, nor its foundation.
  4. 15.4 – ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं – Then that goal must be sought, having reached which no one returns again, with the resolve: I take refuge in…
  5. 15.5 – निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा – Free from pride and delusion, having conquered the fault of attachment, ever dwelling in the Self, with…
  6. 15.6 – न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न – Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor fire illumines that. Having gone there, none return.
  7. 15.7 – ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः – An eternal fragment of My own self, having become the living soul in the world of beings, draws to itself…
  8. 15.8 – शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः – When the lord of the body acquires a body and when he leaves it, he takes these along and goes, as the wind…
  9. 15.9 – श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च – Presiding over the ear, the eye, touch, taste and smell, and the mind as well, this soul enjoys the objects…
  10. 15.10 – उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं – Whether it is departing, staying, or enjoying while bound up with the gunas, the deluded do not perceive it…
  11. 15.11 – यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् – Striving yogis behold this Self established within themselves; but those whose minds are unpurified and who…
  12. 15.12 – यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् – The radiance in the sun that lights up the whole world, the radiance in the moon and in fire, know that…
  13. 15.13 – गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा – Entering the earth, I sustain all beings by My vital power; and becoming the moon, full of sap, I nourish…
  14. 15.14 – अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां – Becoming the fire Vaishvanara, I dwell in the bodies of living beings and, joined with prana and apana, I…
  15. 15.15 – सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो – I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory, knowledge and their loss.
  16. 15.16 – द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर – There are two kinds of Purusha in this world, the perishable and the imperishable.
  17. 15.17 – उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युधाहृतः – But distinct from these is the Supreme Person, called the Paramatman, the imperishable Lord who enters the…
  18. 15.18 – यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः – Because I transcend the perishable and am higher even than the imperishable, I am celebrated in the world…
  19. 15.19 – यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् – O Bharata, whoever, free from delusion, knows Me thus as the Supreme Person, knows all, and worships Me with…
  20. 15.20 – इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयानघ – Thus, O sinless Bharata, I have taught you this most secret teaching.

Popular Gita verses