Bhagavad Gita · 15.17
॥
Devanāgarī
उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः ।
यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ |
yo loka-trayam āviśya bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
उत्तमः पुरुषः तुuttamaḥ puruṣaḥ tubut the supreme (uttamaḥ) Puruṣa.
अन्यःanyaḥother, another.
परमात्मा इतिparamātmā itias “Paramātmā”, the Supersoul.
उदाहृतःudāhṛtaḥis called.
यःyaḥwho.
लोकत्रयम्loka-trayamthe three worlds.
आविश्यāviśyahaving entered, having pervaded.
बिभर्तिbibhartiHe sustains.
अव्ययःavyayaḥinexhaustible, eternal.
ईश्वरःīśvaraḥthe Lord.
Translation
“But besides these two there is yet another, the supreme Puruṣa, called the Supersoul. He is the eternal Lord who, having entered all three worlds, sustains them.”
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