Chapter 15, Verse 18
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः। अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।
yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ. ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ৷৷15.18৷৷
Word by word
- yasmāt
- because
- kṣaram
- the perishable (kṣara, mutable existence)
- atītaḥ
- transcended, gone beyond
- aham
- I
- akṣarād api
- than even the imperishable (akṣara)
- ca
- and
- uttamaḥ
- superior, higher
- ataḥ
- therefore
- asmi
- I am
- loke
- in the world
- vede
- in the Veda (scripture)
- ca
- and
- prathitaḥ
- celebrated, renowned, proclaimed
- puruṣottamaḥ
- as the Supreme Person (Puruṣottama)
Commentary
18. Because I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, therefore am I known in the world and in the Veda as 1 Purushottama/ the Highest Spirit.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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yasmāt
kṣaram
atītaḥ
aham
akṣarād api
ca
uttamaḥ
ataḥ
asmi
loke
vede
ca
prathitaḥ
puruṣottamaḥ
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