Chapter 15 · Purushottama Yoga - The Yoga of the Supreme PersonKrishna
Verse 17
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 15, श्लोक 17
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः।
यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः॥१७॥
Transliteration
Uttamah Purushas-Tv-Anyah Parama-Atme-Ty-Udahritah.
Yo Loka-Trayam-Avishya Bibharty-Avyaya Ishvarah.
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
उत्तमःuttamahthe highest
पुरुषःpurushahPerson
तुtubut
अन्यःanyahanother (different from both)
परमात्माparamatmathe Supreme Self
इतिitithus
उदाहृतःudahritahis called
यःyahwho
लोकत्रयम्loka-trayamthe three worlds
आविश्यavishyaentering
बिभर्तिbibhartisustains
अव्ययःavyayahimperishable
ईश्वरःishvarahthe Lord
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
परन्तु इन दोनों से भिन्न उत्तम पुरुष और है, जो परमात्मा कहलाता है। वह अव्यय ईश्वर तीनों लोकों में प्रवेश करके सबका भरण-पोषण करता है।
English Translation
But there is another, the highest Person, called the Supreme Self (Paramatma), who, entering the three worlds as the imperishable Lord, sustains them.
Commentary (टीका)
The chapter's central revelation — beyond both the perishable beings and the imperishable principle, there exists a third, the Supreme Person (Purushottama). This is the Paramatma, the Supreme Self, who pervades and sustains all three worlds (earth, atmosphere, and heaven). He is distinct from and superior to both Kshara and Akshara, yet intimately present within all creation.