Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
Chapter 15 - The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit
1. Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:
Oordhwamoolam adhahshaakham ashwattham praahuravyayam;
Cchandaamsi yasya parnaani yastam veda sa vedavit.
The Blessed Lord said:
They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, having its root above andbranches below, whose leaves are the metres or hymns;
he who knows it is a knower of the Vedas.
2. Adhashchordhwam prasritaastasya shaakhaahGunapravriddhaa vishayapravaalaah;
Adhashcha moolaanyanusantataaniKarmaanubandheeni manushyaloke.
Below and above spread its branches, nourished by the Gunas;
sense-objects are its buds;
and below in the world of men stretch forth the roots, originating action.
3. Na roopamasyeha tathopalabhyateNaanto na chaadirna cha sampratishthaa;
Ashwatthamenam suviroodhamoolamAsangashastrena dridhena cchittwaa.
Its form is not perceived here as such, neither its end nor its origin, nor its foundation norresting place;
having cut asunder this firmly-rooted peepul tree with the strong axe ofnon-attachment,
4. Tatah padam tat parimaargitavyamYasmin gataa na nivartanti bhooyah;
Tameva chaadyam purusham prapadyeYatah pravrittih prasritaa puraanee.
Then that goal should be sought after, whither having gone none returns again. Seekrefuge in that Primeval Purusha whence streamed forth the ancient activity or energy.COMMENTARY: That which fills the whole world with the form of Satchidananda, isPurusha. That which sleeps in this city of the body is the Purusha. Single-minded devotion, whichconsists of ceaselessly remembering the Supreme Being, is the surest and most potent means ofattaining Self-realisation.
5. Nirmaanamohaa jitasangadoshaaAdhyaatmanityaa vinivrittakaamaah;
Dwandwairvimuktaah sukhaduhkhasamjnairGacchantyamoodhaah padamavyayam tat.
Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantlyin the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known aspleasure and pain, the undeluded reach the eternal goal.
6. Na tadbhaasayate sooryo na shashaangko na paavakah;
Yadgatwaa na nivartante taddhaama paramam mama.
Neither doth the sun illumine there, nor the moon, nor the fire;
having gone thither theyreturn not;
that is My supreme abode.
7. Mamaivaamsho jeevaloke jeevabhootah sanaatanah;
Manah shashthaaneendriyaani prakritisthaani karshati.
An eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to(itself) the (five) senses with the mind for the sixth, abiding in Nature.
8. Shareeram yadavaapnoti yacchaapyutkraamateeshwarah;
Griheetwaitaani samyaati vaayurgandhaanivaashayaat.
When the Lord obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these and goes (with them)as the wind takes the scents from their seats (flowers, etc.).
9. Shrotram chakshuh sparshanam cha rasanam ghraanameva cha;
Adhishthaaya manashchaayam vishayaanupasevate.
Presiding over the ear, the eye, touch, taste and smell, as well as the mind, he enjoys theobjects of the senses.
10. Utkraamantam sthitam vaapi bhunjaanam vaa gunaanvitam;
Vimoodhaa naanupashyanti pashyanti jnaanachakshushah.
The deluded do not see Him who departs, stays and enjoys;
but they who possess the eyeof knowledge behold Him.
11. Yatanto yoginashchainam pashyantyaatmanyavasthitam;
Yatanto’pyakritaatmaano nainam pashyantyachetasah.
The Yogis striving (for perfection) behold Him dwelling in the Self;
but, the unrefinedand unintelligent, even though striving, see Him not.
12. Yadaadityagatam tejo jagad bhaasayate’khilam;
Yacchandramasi yacchaagnau tattejo viddhi maamakam.
That light which residing in the sun, illumines the whole world, that which is in themoon and in the fire—know that light to be Mine.
13. Gaam aavishya cha bhootaani dhaarayaamyaham ojasaa;
Pushnaami chaushadheeh sarvaah somo bhootwaa rasaatmakah.
Permeating the earth I support all beings by (My) energy;
and, having become thewatery moon, I nourish all herbs.
14. Aham vaishwaanaro bhootwaa praaninaam dehamaashritah;
Praanaapaana samaayuktah pachaamyannam chaturvidham.
Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the body of living beings and, associatedwith the Prana and Apana, digest the fourfold food.
15. Sarvasya chaaham hridi sannivishtoMattah smritir jnaanam apohanam cha;
Vedaischa sarvairahameva vedyoVedaantakrid vedavid eva chaaham.
And, I am seated in the hearts of all;
from Me are memory, knowledge, as well as theirabsence. I am verily that which has to be known by all the Vedas;
I am indeed the author of theVedanta, and the knower of the Vedas am I.
16. Dwaavimau purushau loke ksharashchaakshara eva cha;
Ksharah sarvaani bhootaani kootastho’kshara uchyate.
Two Purushas there are in this world, the perishable and the imperishable. All beings arethe perishable, and the Kutastha is called the imperishable.
17. Uttamah purushastwanyah paramaatmetyudaahritah;
Yo lokatrayamaavishya bibhartyavyaya ishwarah.
But distinct is the Supreme Purusha called the highest Self, the indestructible Lord who,pervading the three worlds, sustains them.
18. Yasmaat ksharam ateeto’hamaksharaadapi chottamah;
Ato’smi loke vede cha prathitah purushottamah.
As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared asthe highest Purusha in the world and in the Vedas.
19. Yo maamevam asammoodho jaanaati purushottamam;
Sa sarvavidbhajati maam sarvabhaavena bhaarata.
He who, undeluded, knows Me thus as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worshipsMe with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna!
20. Iti guhyatamam shaastram idamuktam mayaa’nagha;
Etadbuddhwaa buddhimaan syaat kritakrityashcha bhaarata.
Thus, this most secret science has been taught by Me, O sinless one! On knowing this, aman becomes wise, and all his duties are accomplished, O Arjuna!
Hari Om Tat SatIti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu BrahmavidyaayaamYogashaastre Sri KrishnaarjunasamvaadePurushottamayogo Naama Panchadasho’dhyaayah
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, thescripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the fifteenth discourseentitled:“The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit”
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