Chapter 10, Verse 15
स्वयमेवात्मनाऽत्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम। भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते।।10.15।।
svayamevātmanā'tmānaṃ vettha tvaṃ puruṣottama. bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate.10.15.
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- स्वयम्
- yourself (by your own power)
- एव
- indeed, only, alone
- आत्मना
- by the self / through yourself (instrumental)
- आत्मानम्
- yourself, the self (accusative object)
- वेत्थ
- you know (2nd person singular, perfect)
- त्वम्
- you (emphatic pronoun)
- पुरुषोत्तम
- O Supreme Person / O highest of beings (vocative)
- भूतभावन
- O source/originator of all beings (vocative)
- भूतेश
- O Lord of all beings (vocative)
- देवदेव
- O God of gods (vocative)
- जगत्पते
- O Lord of the universe (vocative)
Commentary
15. Thou Thyself knowest Thyself as the Self,* O Purusha Supreme, O Source of beings^, O Lord of beings, O God of Gods, O Ruler of the world.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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स्वयम्
एव
आत्मना
आत्मानम्
वेत्थ
त्वम्
पुरुषोत्तम
भूतभावन
भूतेश
देवदेव
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