BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE

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PRIYA BHAVAT BANDUVULLARA!

 

BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE

 

CHAPTER: FIFTEEN

 

THE YOGA OF SUPREME PURUSHA

 

PURUSHOTTAMA YOGA

 

The Blessed Lord said: " With roots above, branches below, the

Asvattha is said to be indestructible; its leaves are the hymns; he

who knows this knows the Vedas (1) Below and above spread its

branches, nourished by the Gunas; sense-objects are its buds, and

its roots grow downwards in the world of men ending in action (2).

Its form is not perceived here, neither its end nor its origin nor

its existence; having cut asunder this firm-rooted Asvattha with the

strong axe of non-attachment, that goal should be sought for, going

whither none returns again. I seek refuge in the Primeval Purusha

whence streamed forth the ancient energy. (3-4).

 

" Free from pride and delusion, with the evil of attachment

conquered, constantly abiding in the Self, their desires having

completely turned away, liberated from the pairs of opposite known

as pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that goal Eternal (5).

 

" There the sun does not shine, nor the moon, nor fire; having gone

thither they return not; that is My Supreme Abode (7). An eternal

portion of My own self having become a living soul in the world of

life, draws to itself the five senses with mind for the sixth

abiding in Prakriti (8). Abiding in the body of living beings as

the fire Vaisvanara, united with Prana and Apana, I digest the four

kinds of food (14).

 

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

their absence; I am verily that which has to be known by all the

Vedas; I indeed am the author of the Vedanta and the knower of the

Vedas am I (15).

 

" There are two Purushas in the world – the perishable and the

imperishable; all beings are perishable and the Kutastha (immutable,

unchanging) is called the imperishable (16). But there is another,

the Supreme Purusha, called the Highest Self, the indestructible

Lord, who pervading all, sustains the three worlds (17). As I

transcend the perishable and am even higher than the Imperishable, I

am known in the world and in the Veda as " PURUSHOTTAMA " , (The

Highest Purusha) (18).

 

" He who, undeluded thus knows Me, the Highest Purusha, he knowing

all worships Me with his whole being O Bharata! this most profound

teaching has been taught by Me, O sinless one. On knowing thus one

becomes illumined, O Bharata! and all his duties are accomplished:

(19-20).