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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. 15·7, a key verseममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः । मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥ ७ ॥mamaivāṁśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ, manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati.It is an eternal portion of Me that becomes the Jiva in the world of living creatures and cultivates the…
  2. 15·8शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः । गृहित्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥ ८ ॥śarīraṁ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ, gṛhitvaitāni saṁyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt.When the Lord takes up this body (he brings in with him the mind and the senses) and in his going forth too…
  3. 15·9श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च । अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥ ९ ॥śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ ca rasanaṁ ghrāṇameva ca, adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṁ viṣayānupasevate.The ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, using these and the mind also, he enjoys the objects of…
  4. 15·10उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वाऽपि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् । विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥ १० ॥utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vā’pi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam, vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ.The deluded do not perceive him in his coming in and his going forth or in his staying and enjoying and…
  5. 15·11यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् । यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः ॥ ११ ॥yatanto yoginaścainaṁ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam, yatanto’pyakṛtātmāno nainaṁ paśyantyacetasaḥ.The Yogins who strive, see the Lord in themselves; but though they strive to do so, the ignorant perceive Him…
  6. 15·12यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् । यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥ १२ ॥yadādityagataṁ tejo jagadbhāsayate’khilam, yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam.The light of the sun that illumines all this world, that which is in the moon and in fire, that light know as…
  7. 15·13गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा । पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः ॥ १३ ॥gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā, puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ.I have entered into this form of earth (and am the spirit of its material force) and sustain by My might these…
  8. 15·14अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः । प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥ १४ ॥ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśritaḥ, prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṁ caturvidham.I, having become the flame of life, sustain the physical body of living creatures, and united with Prana and…
  9. 15·15, a key verseसर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनञ्च । वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम् ॥ १५ ॥sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanañca, vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham.I am lodged in the heart of all; from Me are memory and knowledge and their absence.
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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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