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Bhagavad Geeta · Krishna

Chapter 15

पुरुषोत्तमयोग

The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality

Verses

  1. Verse 1

    śrī bhagavānuvāca ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam| chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit||15.1||

    Meaning

    Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and eternal, is like a tree, with its seed above in the Highest and its ramifications below on this earth. The scriptures are its leaves, and he who understands this knows.

  2. Verse 2

    adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ| adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke||15.2||

    Meaning

    Its branches shoot upwards and downwards, deriving their nourishment from the qualities; its buds are the objects of sense; and its roots, which follow the law, causing man's regeneration and degeneration, pierce downwards into the soil.

  3. Verse 3

    na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca saṃpratiṣṭhā| aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūla masaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā||15.3||

    Meaning

    In this world, its true form is not known, neither its origin nor its end, and its strength is not understood—until the tree, with its roots striking deep into the earth, is hewn down by the sharp axe of non-attachment.

  4. Verse 4

    tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavya yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ| tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī||15.4||

    Meaning

    Beyond lies the path, from which, once found, there is no return. This is the Primal God from whom this ancient creation has sprung.

  5. Verse 5

    nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ| dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñai rgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat||15.5||

    Meaning

    The wise attain Eternity when, freed from pride and delusion, they have conquered their love for the things of sense; when, renouncing desire and fixing their gaze on the Self, they cease to be tossed to and fro by the opposing sensations, such as pleasure and pain.

  6. Verse 6

    na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ| yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama||15.6||

    Meaning

    Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go there never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my celestial home!

  7. Verse 7

    mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ| manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati||15.7||

    Meaning

    It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, that draws around itself the six senses, with the mind being the last, which have their source in Nature.

  8. Verse 8

    śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ| gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt||15.8||

    Meaning

    When the Supreme Lord enters a body or leaves it, He gathers these senses together and travels with them, as the wind gathers perfume while passing through the flowers.

  9. Verse 9

    śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca| adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate||15.9||

    Meaning

    He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste, the smell, and the mind; and the enjoyment of the things they perceive is also His.

  10. Verse 10

    utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam| vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ||15.10||

    Meaning

    The ignorant do not see that it is He who is present in life and departs at death, or even that it is He who enjoys pleasure through the qualities. Only the eye of wisdom sees this.

  11. Verse 11

    yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam| yatanto'pyakṛtātmāno nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ||15.11||

    Meaning

    The saints, with great effort, find Him within themselves; however, the unintelligent, despite their efforts, cannot control their minds.

  12. Verse 12

    yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate'khilam| yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam||15.12||

    Meaning

    Remember that the light which proceeds from the sun, illuminating the whole world, and the light which is in the moon, and that which is in the fire, all are born of me.

  13. Verse 13

    gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā| puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ||15.13||

    Meaning

    I enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams, I nourish the plants.

  14. Verse 14

    ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ| prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṃ caturvidham||15.14||

    Meaning

    Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prāṇa and Apāna, I digest the various kinds of food.

  15. Verse 15

    sarvasya cāhaṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṃ ca| vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham||15.15||

    Meaning

    I am enthroned in the hearts of all; memory, wisdom, and discrimination owe their origins to Me. I am He Who is to be realized in the scriptures; I inspire their wisdom, and I know their truth.

  16. Verse 16

    dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca| kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate||15.16||

    Meaning

    There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, while the unchanging element belongs to the latter.

  17. Verse 17

    uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ| yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ||15.17||

    Meaning

    But I am higher than all, the Supreme God, the Absolute Self, the Eternal Lord, who pervades and upholds all the worlds.

  18. Verse 18

    yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ| ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ||15.18||

    Meaning

    I am beyond comparison with the Eternal and the non-eternal; I am known as the Supreme Personality, the Highest God, by scriptures and sages.

  19. Verse 19

    yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam| sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata||15.19||

    Meaning

    He who, with unclouded vision, sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all that there is to be known and will always worship Me with his whole heart.

  20. Verse 20

    iti guhyatamaṃ śāstramidamuktaṃ mayā'nagha| etadbuddhvā buddhimānsyātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata||15.20||

    Meaning

    Thus, O sinless one, I have revealed this most mystic knowledge to thee. He who understands it gains wisdom and attains the consummation of life.

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