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अथ पंचदशोऽध्यायः

पुरुषोत्तमयोगः

The Yoga of the Supreme Person (Purushottama)

Puruṣottama-yoga

Cut the downward roots of desire with the sword of detachment, and find above the world-tree the Supreme Person, who is the light of sun and moon and the flame of life in every heart. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
guṇātīta — the soul free above the modes, on the verge of a greater mystery
and is led towards
puruṣottama — the Supreme who exceeds the mutable and the immutable, adored with the whole being
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Summary of chapter 15

The Three Purushas - The entire doctrine of the Gita converges. on all its lines and through all the flexibility of its turns. towards one central thought -the idea of a triple consciousness, three and yet one. present in the whole scale of existence. All that is now brought together into one lows of grouping vision.

This chapter Opens with a description of cosmic existence in the Vedantic image of the ashwattha tree.

Chapter 15 illustration, titled पुरुषोत्तमयोगः
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

Chapter outline

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  1. 15·1–6The Cosmic Tree, liberation and the supreme Status of the Divine.
  2. 15·7–15The individual soul as the eternal portion of the Divine; the world as manifestation of the dynamic Divine.
  3. 15·16–19The three Purushas; knowledge and love of the Purushottama.
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The verses

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 15·1, a key verseऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् । छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥ १ ॥ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṁ prāhuravyayam, chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni yastaṁ veda sa vedavit.With its original source above (in the Eternal), its branches stretching below, the Ashwattha is said to be…
  2. 15·2अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः । अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥ २ ॥adhaścordhvaṁ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ, adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke.The branches of this cosmic tree extend both below and above (below in the material, above in the…
  3. 15·3न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा । अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलं असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥ ३ ॥na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā, aśvatthamenaṁ suvirūḍhamūlaṁ asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā.The real form of it cannot be perceived by us in this material world of man’s embodiment, nor its beginning…
  4. 15·4ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः । तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये । यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥ ४ ॥tataḥ padaṁ tatparimārgitavyaṁ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ, tameva cādyaṁ puruṣaṁ prapadye, yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī.Having cut down the firmly rooted Ashvattha by the strong sword of detachment, one should seek for that…
  5. 15·5निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः । द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥ ५ ॥nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ, dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṁjñaiḥ gacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṁ tat.To be free from the bewilderment of this lower Maya, without egoism, the great fault of attachment conquered…
  6. 15·6न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः । यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ६ ॥na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ, yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṁ mama.There we find the timeless being which is not illumined by sun or moon or fire (but is itself the light of the…
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End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेपुरुषोत्तमयोगो नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः ॥ १५॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādepuruṣottamayogo nāma pañcadaśo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the fifteenth chapter entitled “The Yoga of the Supreme Personality”

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