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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 15 · Puruṣottama Yoga

Shloka 15.16

Lesson 567 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

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The cosmic tree, the individual self and the Supreme Person. What does the image of the cosmic tree invite the learner to examine?

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Shloka · Devanagari

द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

dvāv imau puruṣhau loke kṣharaśh chākṣhara eva chakṣharaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭa-stho ’kṣhara uchyate

Sandhi-vicheda

dvau+imau+puruṣhau+loke+kṣharaḥ+cha+akṣharaḥ+eva+cha+kṣharaḥ+sarvāṇi+bhūtāni+kūṭa-sthaḥ+akṣharaḥ+uchyate

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Meaning of each word

dvausource form

two

imausource form

these

puruṣhausource form

beings

lokesource form

in creation

kṣharaḥsource form

the perishable

chasource form

and

akṣharaḥsource form

the imperishable

evasource form

even

chasource form

and

kṣharaḥsource form

the perishable

sarvāṇisource form

all

bhūtānisource form

beings

kūṭa-sthaḥsource form

the liberated

akṣharaḥsource form

the imperishable

uchyatesource form

is said

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।15.16।। --,द्वौ इमौ पृथग्राशीकृतौ पुरुषौ इति उच्येते लोके संसारे -- क्षरश्च क्षरतीति क्षरः विनाशी इति एको राशिः अपरः पुरुषः अक्षरः तद्विपरीतः? भगवतः मायाशक्तिः? क्षराख्यस्य पुरुषस्य उत्पत्तिबीजम् अनेकसंसारिजन्तुकामकर्मादिसंस्काराश्रयः? अक्षरः पुरुषः उच्यते। कौ तौ पुरुषौ इति आह स्वयमेव भगवान् -- क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि? समस्तं विकारजातम् इत्यर्थः। कूटस्थः कूटः राशी राशिरिव स्थितः। अथवा? कूटः माया वञ्चना जिह्मता कुटिलता इति पर्यायाः? अनेकमायावञ्चनादिप्रकारेण स्थितः कूटस्थः? संसारबीजानन्त्यात् न क्षरति इति अक्षरः उच्यते।।आभ्यां क्षराक्षराभ्यां अन्यः विलक्षणः क्षराक्षरोपाधिद्वयदोषेण अस्पृष्टः नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तस्वभावः --,

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