Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 15
The Yoga of the Supreme Person
20 verses · Krishna uses the metaphor of an inverted cosmic tree to explain creation, and reveals himself as the Supreme Person beyond the perishable and imperishable.
Chapter 15
पुरुषोत्तमयोग
Puruṣhottama Yoga
15.1
The Supreme Lord said: They speak of the imperishable ashvattha tree, with its roots…
15.2
Its branches spread above and below, nourished by the three gunas, with sense objects as…
15.3
The form of this tree cannot be perceived as it truly is here — neither its end, nor its…
15.4
Then one should seek that supreme abode from which, having gone, one never returns,…
15.5
Those who are free from pride and delusion, who have conquered the defect of attachment,…
15.6
That supreme abode of mine is not illumined by the sun, nor by the moon, nor by fire
15.7
An eternal fragment of myself becomes the living entity in this world of life and draws…
15.8
As the wind carries fragrances from place to place, so the embodied soul carries the mind…
15.9
Presiding over the ear, the eye, touch, taste, smell, and the mind, the soul enjoys the…
15.10
The deluded do not perceive the soul departing from or dwelling in the body, or enjoying…
15.11
Yogis who strive can perceive the self dwelling within
15.12
The radiance in the sun that illumines the entire world, and that which is in the moon…
15.13
Entering the earth, I sustain all beings with my energy
15.14
Dwelling in the bodies of all living beings as the fire of digestion, I, united with the…
15.15
I am seated in the hearts of all beings
15.16
There are two types of beings in this world — the perishable and the imperishable
15.17
But there is another, the Supreme Person, called the Supreme Self, the imperishable Lord…
15.18
Because I transcend the perishable and am even beyond the imperishable, I am celebrated…
15.19
One who, undeluded, knows me as the Supreme Person — that person, knowing everything,…
15.20
Thus, this most secret teaching has been revealed by me, O sinless one