Chapter 15: Puruṣhottam Yog – The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality
पुरुषोत्तमयोग · 20 verses
Chapter Summary
The fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is "Purushottama Yoga". In Sanskrit, Purusha means the "All-pervading God", and Purushottam means the timeless & transcendental aspect of God. Krishna reveals that the purpose of this Transcendental knowledge of the God is to detach ourselves from the bondage of the material world and to understand Krishna as the Supreme Divine Personality, who is the eternal controller and sustainer of the world. One who understands this Ultimate Truth surrenders to Him and engages in His devotional service.
Verses
- 15.1 — Shri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, said: They speak of an eternal banyan tree that has its…
- 15.2 — Its branches extend both downward and upward, nourished by the Gunas; its buds are the sense-objects. Below,…
- 15.3 — The true nature of this worldly tree is not perceived here, neither its beginning nor its end, nor its…
- 15.4 — Then, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, they do not return. I seek refuge in that…
- 15.5 — Those who are free from pride and delusion, who have conquered the evil of attachment, who dwell constantly…
- 15.6 — Neither the sun illuminates there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having reached that state, one does not…
- 15.7 — An eternal portion of Myself, having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five…
- 15.8 — When the Lord, who is the individual soul (Jiva), acquires a body or departs from one, He carries with Him…
- 15.9 — Presiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and the mind, the embodied soul enjoys the objects of…
- 15.10 — The deluded do not perceive the soul as it leaves the body, remains within it, or enjoys sense objects under…
- 15.11 — Yogis who strive for perfection perceive Him dwelling within the Self, but the unrefined and unintelligent,…
- 15.12 — The splendor that dwells in the sun, illuminating the entire universe; and that which is in the moon, and…
- 15.13 — Entering into the earth, I support all beings by My energy; and becoming the nectar-filled moon, I nourish…
- 15.14 — Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and…
- 15.15 — I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and from Me proceed memory, knowledge, and forgetfulness. I…
- 15.16 — There are two kinds of beings in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are said to be…
- 15.17 — But the Supreme Purusha is distinct; He is known as the highest Self, the imperishable Lord, who enters into…
- 15.18 — Because I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am celebrated in the world…
- 15.19 — He who, being free from delusion, knows Me as the Supreme Person, he, knowing all, worships Me with his…
- 15.20 — Thus, O sinless Arjuna, I have imparted this most confidential doctrine; by understanding this, one becomes…