Chapter 15, Verse 4
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यम् यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः। तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी।।15.4।।
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyam yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ। tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī।।15.4।।
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- ततः
- thereafter (having cut the tree of samsara)
- पदम्
- the goal/state
- तत्
- that
- परिमार्गितव्यम्
- is to be sought/searched out
- यस्मिन्
- having gone into which
- गताः
- those who have gone
- न निवर्तन्ति
- do not return
- भूयः
- again
- तम्
- that (goal/Being)
- एव
- alone/indeed
- च
- and
- आद्यम्
- primeval/original
- पुरुषम्
- Supreme Person
- प्रपद्ये
- I take refuge in / surrender to
- यतः
- from whom
- प्रवृत्तिः
- the activity/manifestation (of the universe)
- प्रसृता
- has streamed forth / issued
- पुराणी
- ancient/primeval
Commentary
4. Then That Goal should be sought for, whither having gone none return again. *« I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha whence streamed forth the Ancient Current."
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ततः
पदम्
तत्
परिमार्गितव्यम्
यस्मिन्
गताः
न निवर्तन्ति
भूयः
तम्
एव
च
आद्यम्
पुरुषम्
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प्रसृता
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