The Supreme Self

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>From the Bhagavad Gita, as translated by Swami Nikhilananda,

 

Chapter 15, verses 15-19

 

 

 

And I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me are memory and knowledge, and

their loss as well. It is I alone who am to be known through all the Vedas;

I am indeed the Author of Vedanta and the Knower of the Vedas.

 

 

 

There are two beings in the world: the Perishable and the Imperishable.

The Perishable comprises all creatures, and the Imperishable is said to be

the Unchanging.

 

 

 

But there is another being, the Highest, called the Supreme Self, who, as

the Immutable, pervades and sustains the three worlds.

 

 

 

As I surpass the Perishable and as I am higher even than the Imperishable, I

am extolled in the world and in the Vedas as the Supreme Self.

 

 

 

He who, undeluded, knows Me thus as the Supreme Self---he knows all, O

Bharata, and he worships Me with all his heart.