Chapter 15: The Supreme Person
पुरुषोत्तमयोग · 20 verses. 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.
- 15.1 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…
- 15.2 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 m…
- 15.3 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,…
- 15.4 Beyond lies the path, from which, once found, there is no return. This is the Primal God from whom this ancient creation has sprung.
- 15.5 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…
- 15.6 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!
- 15.7 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 thei…
- 15.8 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.
- 15.9 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.
- 15.10 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.
- 15.11 The saints, with great effort, find Him within themselves; however, the unintelligent, despite their efforts, cannot control their minds.
- 15.12 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.
- 15.13 I enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams, I nourish the plants.
- 15.14 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.
- 15.15 I am enthroned in the hearts of all; memory, wisdom, and discrimination owe their origins to Me.
- 15.16 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.
- 15.17 But I am higher than all, the Supreme God, the Absolute Self, the Eternal Lord, who pervades and upholds all the worlds.
- 15.18 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.
- 15.19 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.
- 15.20 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.