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Purushottama Yoga · The Supreme Person
Bhagavad Gita 15.3-4
Sanskrit
न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा । अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलं असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥15.3॥ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः । तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये । यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥15.4॥
Transliteration
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā | aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlaṃ asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ‖15.3‖ tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ | tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye | yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ‖15.4‖
Meaning
“Its form is not perceived here as such, neither its end nor its beginning nor its foundation. Having cut this firmly-rooted ashvattha with the strong axe of non-attachment, then that goal is to be sought, attaining which they return no more, ‘I take refuge in that primal Person from whom streamed forth the ancient current.’”
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Theme: The Supreme Person
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