15.16 द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते
dvāv
Word meanings
dvau—two;imau—these;puruṣhau—beings;loke—in creation;kṣharaḥ—the perishable;cha—and;akṣharaḥ—the imperishable;eva—even;cha—and;kṣharaḥ—the perishable;sarvāṇi—all;bhūtāni—beings;kūṭa-sthaḥ—the liberated;akṣharaḥ—the imperishable;uchyate—is said
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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There are two people in the world: the perishable and the imperishable. The perishable is all elements, and the one that speaks is called the imperishable.
There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, the unchanging element belongs to the latter.
There are two kinds of Persons (Purusas) spoken of in the Sastra - the perishable (Ksara) and the imperishable (Aksara). The perishable is all beings and the imperishable is called the unchanging (Kutastha).
There are these two persons in the world-the mutable and the immutable. The mutable consists of all things; the one existing as Maya is called the immutable.
Two Purushas there are in this world, the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are the perishable, and the Kutastha is called the imperishable.
15.18 यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः
yasmāt
Word meanings
yasmāt—hence;kṣharam—to the perishable;atītaḥ—transcendental;aham—I;akṣharāt—to the imperishable;api—even;cha—and;uttamaḥ—transcendental;ataḥ—therefore;asmi—I am;loke—in the world;vede—in the Vedas;cha—and;prathitaḥ—celebrated;puruṣha-uttamaḥ—as the Supreme Divine Personality
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Because I have transcended both the perishable and the imperishable, I am acclaimed in the world and in the Vedas as the highest of persons.
Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God.
Because I transcend the perishable Person and am also higher than the imperishable person, therefore I am styled in the Smrti and the Veda as the Supreme Person (Purusotama).
Since I am transcendental to the mutable and above even the immutable, hence I am well known in the world and in the Vedas as the supreme Person.
As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared as the highest Purusha in the world and in the Vedas .
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पुरुषोत्तमयोग
Chapter 15: The Supreme Self
puruṣottamayoga
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15.17 उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः।यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः
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Word meanings
uttamaḥ—the Supreme;puruṣhaḥ—Divine Personality;tu—but;anyaḥ—besides;parama-ātmā—the Supreme Soul;iti—thus;udāhṛitaḥ—is said;yaḥ—who;loka trayam—the three worlds;āviśhya—enters;bibharti—supports;avyayaḥ—indestructible;īśhvaraḥ—the controller
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But the Highest Person, distinct from both [this], is spoken of as the Supreme Self, which, being the changeless Lord, sustains the triad of the world by entering into it.
But higher than all am I, the Supreme God, the Absolute Self, the Eternal Lord, Who pervades the worlds and upholds them all.
There is the Supreme Person other than these. He is named the Supreme Self (Paramatma) in all the Vedas. He who, as the Immutable One and the Lord, entering the threefold world, supports it.
But different is the supreme Person who is spoken of as the transcendental Self, who, permeating the three worlds, upholds (them), and is the imperishable God.
But distinct is the Supreme Purusha called the highest Self, the indestructible Lord who, pervading the three worlds, sustains them.
