Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhagavadgītā mūlam - pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ

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

From Mahabharata (Vyasa)

This text constitutes the fifteenth chapter of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, a seminal dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna embedded within the Mahabharata epic. Known as the Purushottama Yoga, it explores the metaphor of the cosmic Ashvattha tree to illustrate the entanglement of the soul in the material world. By realizing the impermanence of worldly existence and surrendering to the Supreme Being, the practitioner gains profound spiritual insight. Chanting these verses helps in detaching from material illusions, overcoming worldly bondage, and attaining the ultimate state of liberation and eternal union with the Divine.

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ |

puruṣottamaprāptiyogaḥ śrībhagavānuvāca

ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam |
chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit || 1 ||
adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ|
adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke || 2 ||
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā|
aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūlamasaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā || 3 ||
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ|
tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī || 4 ||
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ|
dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasañjñairgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat || 5 ||
na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ |
yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama || 6 ||
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ |
manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati || 7 ||
śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ |
gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt || 8 ||
śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca |
adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṃ viṣayānupasevate || 9 ||
utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam |
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ || 10 ||
yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam |
yatanto'pyakṛtātmāno nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ || 11 ||
yadādityagataṃ tejo 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 sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṃ ca|
vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham || 15 ||
dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca |
kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate || 16 ||
uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudhāhṛtaḥ |
yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ || 17 ||
yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ |
ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ || 18 ||
yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam |
sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata || 19 ||
iti guhyatamaṃ śāstramidamuktaṃ mayānagha |
etadbuddhvā buddhimānsyātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata || 20 ||
oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre
śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde puruṣottamayogo nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||15 ||

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