Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhagavadgītā pārāyaṇa - pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

(Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Parayana - Chapter 15 in English (IAST))

From Mahabharata

The fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, known as Purushottama Yoga, is spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna. It describes the symbolic Ashvattha tree as a metaphor for the complex structure of the material universe and existence. Through this discourse, Krishna reveals the nature of the Supreme Purushottama, who transcends both the perishable and imperishable aspects of reality. Reciting this chapter is considered immensely spiritually purifying, as it provides seekers with the profound wisdom necessary to detach from worldly illusions, understand the divine hierarchy, and ultimately attain liberation and union with the Supreme Lord.

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

puruṣottamaprāptiyogaḥ śrī bhagavānuvāca

ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākham aśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam |
chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit ||1||
adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhāḥ guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ |
adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke ||2||
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā |
aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlam asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||3||
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ |
tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||4||
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣāḥ adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ |
dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkha sañjñaiḥ gacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat ||5||
na tadbhāsayate sūryaḥ na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ |
yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama ||6||
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ |
manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati ||7||
śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ |
gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt ||8||
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca |
adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate ||9||
utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vā'pi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam |
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ ||10||
yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam |
yatanto 'pyakṛtātmānaḥ nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ ||11||
yadādityagataṃ tejaḥ jagadbhāsayate'khilam |
yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam ||12||
gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā |
puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ ||13||
ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ dehamāśritaḥ |
prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṃ caturvidham ||14||
sarvasya cāhaṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṃ ca |
vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyaḥ vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham ||15||
dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca |
kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate ||16||
uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ |
yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ ||17||
yasmātkṣaramatīto'ham akṣarādapi cottamaḥ |
ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ||18||
yo māmevamasammūḍhaḥ jānāti puruṣottamam |
sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata ||19||
iti guhyatamaṃ śāstram idamuktaṃ mayā'nagha |
etadbuddhvā buddhimānsyāt kṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata ||20||
|| oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ
yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde puruṣottamaprāptiyogo nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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