Chapter 15
Purushottama Yoga
The Supreme Person
- Verse 15.1They say the inexhaustible Asvattha has (its) roots above, (its) branches below; the Khandas are its leaves. He who…
- Verse 15.2Upwards and downwards extend its branches, which are enlarged by the qualities, and the sprouts of which are sensuous…
- Verse 15.3Its form is not thus known here, nor (its) end, nor beginning, nor support. But having with the firm weapon of…
- Verse 15.4then should one seek for that seat from which those that go there never return, (thinking) that one rests on that same…
- Verse 15.5Those who are free from pride and delusion, who have overcome the evils of attachment, who are constant in…
- Verse 15.6The sun does not light it, nor the moon, nor fire. That is my highest abode, going to which none returns.
- Verse 15.7An eternal portion of me it is, which, becoming an individual soul in the mortal world, draws (to itself) the senses…
- Verse 15.8Whenever the ruler (of the bodily frame) obtains or quits a body, he goes taking these (with him) as the wind (takes)…
- Verse 15.9And presiding over the senses of hearing and seeing, and touch, and taste, and smell, and the mind, he enjoys sensuous…
- Verse 15.10Those who are deluded do not see (him) remaining in or quitting (a body), enjoying or joined to the qualities; they…
- Verse 15.11Devotees making efforts perceive him abiding within their selfs. But those whose selfs have not been refined, and who…
- Verse 15.12Know that glory (to be) mine which, dwelling in the sun, lights up the whole world, or in the moon or fire.
- Verse 15.13Entering the earth, I by my power support all things; and becoming the juicy moon, I nourish all herbs.
- Verse 15.14I becoming the fire, and dwelling in the bodies of (all) creatures, and united with the upward and downward…
- Verse 15.15And I am placed in the heart of all; from me (come) memory, knowledge, and their removal; I alone am to be learnt from…
- Verse 15.16There are these two beings in the world, the destructible and the indestructible. The destructible (includes) all…
- Verse 15.17But the being supreme is yet another, called the highest self, who as the inexhaustible lord, pervading the three…
- Verse 15.18And since I transcend the destructible, and since I am higher also than the indestructible, therefore am I celebrated…
- Verse 15.19He who, undeluded, thus knows me the best of beings, worships me every way, O descendant of Bharata! knowing everything.
- Verse 15.20Thus, O sinless one! have I proclaimed this most mysterious science. He who knows this, has done all he need do, and…