ਪੁਰੁषੋਤ੍ਤਮਯੋਗ
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 in Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
Puruṣhottam Yog · The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality · 20 verses
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Chapter Summary
The fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is "Purushottama Yoga". In Sanskrit, Purusha means the "All-pervading God", and Purushottam means the timeless & transcendental aspect of God. Krishna reveals that the purpose of this Transcendental knowledge of the God is to detach ourselves from the bondage of the material world and to understand Krishna as the Supreme Divine Personality, who is the eternal controller and sustainer of the world. One who understands this Ultimate Truth surrenders to Him and engages in His devotional service.
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ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਭਗਵਾਨੁਵਾਚਊਰ੍ਧ੍ਵਮੂਲਮਧਃਸ਼ਾਖਮਸ਼੍ਵਤ੍ਥਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਹੁਰਵ੍ਯਯਮ੍।ਛਨ੍ਦਾਂਸਿ ਯਸ੍ਯ ਪਰ੍ਣਾਨਿ ਯਸ੍ਤਂ ਵੇਦ ਸ ਵੇਦਵਿਤ੍॥
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śhākham aśhvatthaṁ prāhur avyayam chhandānsi yasya parṇāni yas taṁ veda sa veda-vit
MeaningThe Blessed Lord said: They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, with its roots above and branches below, whose leaves are the meters or hymns; he who knows it is a knower of the Vedas.
ਅਧਸ਼੍ਚੋਰ੍ਧ੍ਵਂ ਪ੍ਰਸृਤਾਸ੍ਤਸ੍ਯ ਸ਼ਾਖਾ ਗੁਣਪ੍ਰਵृਦ੍ਧਾ ਵਿषਯਪ੍ਰਵਾਲਾਃ।ਅਧਸ਼੍ਚ ਮੂਲਾਨ੍ਯਨੁਸਨ੍ਤਤਾਨਿ ਕਰ੍ਮਾਨੁਬਨ੍ਧੀਨਿ ਮਨੁष੍ਯਲੋਕੇ॥
adhaśh chordhvaṁ prasṛitās tasya śhākhā guṇa-pravṛiddhā viṣhaya-pravālāḥ adhaśh cha mūlāny anusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣhya-loke
MeaningIts branches spread below and above, nourished by the Gunas; its buds are sense-objects, and its roots stretch forth below in the world of men, originating action.
ਨ ਰੂਪਮਸ੍ਯੇਹ ਤਥੋਪਲਭ੍ਯਤੇ ਨਾਨ੍ਤੋ ਨ ਚਾਦਿਰ੍ਨ ਚ ਸਂਪ੍ਰਤਿष੍ਠਾ।ਅਸ਼੍ਵਤ੍ਥਮੇਨਂ ਸੁਵਿਰੂਢਮੂਲ ਮਸਙ੍ਗਸ਼ਸ੍ਤ੍ਰੇਣ ਦृਢੇਨ ਛਿਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਾ॥
na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na chādir na cha sampratiṣhṭhā aśhvattham enaṁ su-virūḍha-mūlam asaṅga-śhastreṇa dṛiḍhena chhittvā
MeaningIts form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, origin, foundation, or resting place; having cut asunder this firmly rooted peepul tree with the strong axe of non-attachment.
ਤਤਃ ਪਦਂ ਤਤ੍ਪਰਿਮਾਰ੍ਗਿਤਵ੍ਯ ਯਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ਗਤਾ ਨ ਨਿਵਰ੍ਤਨ੍ਤਿ ਭੂਯਃ।ਤਮੇਵ ਚਾਦ੍ਯਂ ਪੁਰੁषਂ ਪ੍ਰਪਦ੍ਯੇ ਯਤਃ ਪ੍ਰਵृਤ੍ਤਿਃ ਪ੍ਰਸृਤਾ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ॥
tataḥ padaṁ tat parimārgitavyaṁ yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tam eva chādyaṁ puruṣhaṁ prapadye yataḥ pravṛittiḥ prasṛitā purāṇī
MeaningThen, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha, from whence streamed forth the ancient activity or energy.
ਨਿਰ੍ਮਾਨਮੋਹਾ ਜਿਤਸਙ੍ਗਦੋषਾ ਅਧ੍ਯਾਤ੍ਮਨਿਤ੍ਯਾ ਵਿਨਿਵृਤ੍ਤਕਾਮਾਃ।ਦ੍ਵਨ੍ਦ੍ਵੈਰ੍ਵਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਾਃ ਸੁਖਦੁਃਖਸਂਜ੍ਞੈ ਰ੍ਗਚ੍ਛਨ੍ਤ੍ਯਮੂਢਾਃ ਪਦਮਵ੍ਯਯਂ ਤਤ੍॥
nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣhā adhyātma-nityā vinivṛitta-kāmāḥ dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-sanjñair gachchhanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṁ tat
MeaningFree from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, they, the undeluded, reach the eternal goal.
ਨ ਤਦ੍ਭਾਸਯਤੇ ਸੂਰ੍ਯੋ ਨ ਸ਼ਸ਼ਾਙ੍ਕੋ ਨ ਪਾਵਕਃ।ਯਦ੍ਗਤ੍ਵਾ ਨ ਨਿਵਰ੍ਤਨ੍ਤੇ ਤਦ੍ਧਾਮ ਪਰਮਂ ਮਮ॥
na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śhaśhāṅko na pāvakaḥ yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama
MeaningNeither does the sun illuminate there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having gone there, they do not return; that is My supreme abode.
ਮਮੈਵਾਂਸ਼ੋ ਜੀਵਲੋਕੇ ਜੀਵਭੂਤਃ ਸਨਾਤਨਃ।ਮਨਃषष੍ਠਾਨੀਨ੍ਦ੍ਰਿਯਾਣਿ ਪ੍ਰਕृਤਿਸ੍ਥਾਨਿ ਕਰ੍षਤਿ॥
mamaivānśho jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣhaṣhṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛiti-sthāni karṣhati
MeaningAn eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses, with the mind as the sixth, abiding in Nature.
ਸ਼ਰੀਰਂ ਯਦਵਾਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ ਯਚ੍ਚਾਪ੍ਯੁਤ੍ਕ੍ਰਾਮਤੀਸ਼੍ਵਰਃ।ਗृਹੀਤ੍ਵੈਤਾਨਿ ਸਂਯਾਤਿ ਵਾਯੁਰ੍ਗਨ੍ਧਾਨਿਵਾਸ਼ਯਾਤ੍॥
śharīraṁ yad avāpnoti yach chāpy utkrāmatīśhvaraḥ gṛihītvaitāni sanyāti vāyur gandhān ivāśhayāt
MeaningWhen the Lord, as the individual soul, obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these with Him, just as the wind takes the scents from their seats (flowers, etc.).
ਸ਼੍ਰੋਤ੍ਰਂ ਚਕ੍षੁਃ ਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ਨਂ ਚ ਰਸਨਂ ਘ੍ਰਾਣਮੇਵ ਚ।ਅਧਿष੍ਠਾਯ ਮਨਸ਼੍ਚਾਯਂ ਵਿषਯਾਨੁਪਸੇਵਤੇ॥
śhrotraṁ chakṣhuḥ sparśhanaṁ cha rasanaṁ ghrāṇam eva cha adhiṣhṭhāya manaśh chāyaṁ viṣhayān upasevate
MeaningPresiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and mind, it enjoys the objects of the senses.
ਉਤ੍ਕ੍ਰਾਮਨ੍ਤਂ ਸ੍ਥਿਤਂ ਵਾਪਿ ਭੁਞ੍ਜਾਨਂ ਵਾ ਗੁਣਾਨ੍ਵਿਤਮ੍।ਵਿਮੂਢਾ ਨਾਨੁਪਸ਼੍ਯਨ੍ਤਿ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਨ੍ਤਿ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਚਕ੍षੁषਃ॥
utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśhyanti paśhyanti jñāna-chakṣhuṣhaḥ
MeaningThe deluded do not see Him who departs, stays, and enjoys; but those who possess the eye of knowledge behold Him.
ਯਤਨ੍ਤੋ ਯੋਗਿਨਸ਼੍ਚੈਨਂ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਨ੍ਤ੍ਯਾਤ੍ਮਨ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਿਤਮ੍।ਯਤਨ੍ਤੋऽਪ੍ਯਕृਤਾਤ੍ਮਾਨੋ ਨੈਨਂ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਨ੍ਤ੍ਯਚੇਤਸਃ॥
yatanto yoginaśh chainaṁ paśhyanty ātmany avasthitam yatanto ‘py akṛitātmāno nainaṁ paśhyanty achetasaḥ
MeaningThe yogis striving for perfection behold Him dwelling in the Self; but, the unrefined and unintelligent, even though striving, do not see Him.
ਯਦਾਦਿਤ੍ਯਗਤਂ ਤੇਜੋ ਜਗਦ੍ਭਾਸਯਤੇऽਖਿਲਮ੍।ਯਚ੍ਚਨ੍ਦ੍ਰਮਸਿ ਯਚ੍ਚਾਗ੍ਨੌ ਤਤ੍ਤੇਜੋ ਵਿਦ੍ਧਿ ਮਾਮਕਮ੍॥
yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam yach chandramasi yach chāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam
MeaningThat light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the fire—know that light to be Mine.
ਗਾਮਾਵਿਸ਼੍ਯ ਚ ਭੂਤਾਨਿ ਧਾਰਯਾਮ੍ਯਹਮੋਜਸਾ।ਪੁष੍ਣਾਮਿ ਚੌषਧੀਃ ਸਰ੍ਵਾਃ ਸੋਮੋ ਭੂਤ੍ਵਾ ਰਸਾਤ੍ਮਕਃ॥
gām āviśhya cha bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā puṣhṇāmi chauṣhadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ
MeaningPermeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all herbs.
ਅਹਂ ਵੈਸ਼੍ਵਾਨਰੋ ਭੂਤ੍ਵਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣਿਨਾਂ ਦੇਹਮਾਸ਼੍ਰਿਤਃ।ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਪਾਨਸਮਾਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ ਪਚਾਮ੍ਯਨ੍ਨਂ ਚਤੁਰ੍ਵਿਧਮ੍॥
ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥ prāṇāpāna-samāyuktaḥ pachāmy annaṁ chatur-vidham
MeaningHaving become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and the Apana, digest the fourfold food.
ਸਰ੍ਵਸ੍ਯ ਚਾਹਂ ਹृਦਿ ਸਨ੍ਨਿਵਿष੍ਟੋ ਮਤ੍ਤਃ ਸ੍ਮृਤਿਰ੍ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮਪੋਹਨਂ ਚ।ਵੇਦੈਸ਼੍ਚ ਸਰ੍ਵੈਰਹਮੇਵ ਵੇਦ੍ਯੋ ਵੇਦਾਨ੍ਤਕृਦ੍ਵੇਦਵਿਦੇਵ ਚਾਹਮ੍॥
sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭo mattaḥ smṛitir jñānam apohanaṁ cha vedaiśh cha sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛid veda-vid eva chāham
MeaningAnd I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory and knowledge, as well as their absence. I am verily That which has to be known by all the Vedas; I am indeed the author of the Vedanta and the knower of the Vedas.
ਦ੍ਵਾਵਿਮੌ ਪੁਰੁषੌ ਲੋਕੇ ਕ੍षਰਸ਼੍ਚਾਕ੍षਰ ਏਵ ਚ।ਕ੍षਰਃ ਸਰ੍ਵਾਣਿ ਭੂਤਾਨਿ ਕੂਟਸ੍ਥੋऽਕ੍षਰ ਉਚ੍ਯਤੇ॥
dvāv imau puruṣhau loke kṣharaśh chākṣhara eva cha kṣharaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭa-stho ’kṣhara uchyate
MeaningTwo Purushas there are in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable, and the Kutastha—the unchanging—is called the imperishable.
ਉਤ੍ਤਮਃ ਪੁਰੁषਸ੍ਤ੍ਵਨ੍ਯਃ ਪਰਮਾਤ੍ਮੇਤ੍ਯੁਦਾਹृਤਃ।ਯੋ ਲੋਕਤ੍ਰਯਮਾਵਿਸ਼੍ਯ ਬਿਭਰ੍ਤ੍ਯਵ੍ਯਯ ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰਃ॥
uttamaḥ puruṣhas tv anyaḥ paramātmety udāhṛitaḥ yo loka-trayam āviśhya bibharty avyaya īśhvaraḥ
MeaningBut distinct is the Supreme Purusha, called the highest Self, indestructible and Lord, who pervades the three worlds and sustains them.
ਯਸ੍ਮਾਤ੍ਕ੍षਰਮਤੀਤੋऽਹਮਕ੍षਰਾਦਪਿ ਚੋਤ੍ਤਮਃ।ਅਤੋऽਸ੍ਮਿ ਲੋਕੇ ਵੇਦੇ ਚ ਪ੍ਰਥਿਤਃ ਪੁਰੁषੋਤ੍ਤਮਃ॥
yasmāt kṣharam atīto ’ham akṣharād api chottamaḥ ato ’smi loke vede cha prathitaḥ puruṣhottamaḥ
MeaningAs I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared to be the highest Purusha in the world and in the Vedas.
ਯੋ ਮਾਮੇਵਮਸਮ੍ਮੂਢੋ ਜਾਨਾਤਿ ਪੁਰੁषੋਤ੍ਤਮਮ੍।ਸ ਸਰ੍ਵਵਿਦ੍ਭਜਤਿ ਮਾਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਭਾਵੇਨ ਭਾਰਤ॥
yo mām evam asammūḍho jānāti puruṣhottamam sa sarva-vid bhajati māṁ sarva-bhāvena bhārata
MeaningHe who, undeluded, knows Me as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna.
ਇਤਿ ਗੁਹ੍ਯਤਮਂ ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ਤ੍ਰਮਿਦਮੁਕ੍ਤਂ ਮਯਾऽਨਘ।ਏਤਦ੍ਬੁਦ੍ਧ੍ਵਾ ਬੁਦ੍ਧਿਮਾਨ੍ਸ੍ਯਾਤ੍ਕृਤਕृਤ੍ਯਸ਼੍ਚ ਭਾਰਤ॥
iti guhyatamaṁ śhāstram idam uktaṁ mayānagha etad buddhvā buddhimān syāt kṛita-kṛityaśh cha bhārata
MeaningThus, I have imparted to you this most secret science, O sinless one; by knowing this, one becomes wise, and all their duties are accomplished, O Arjuna.