The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality

Shloka: BG 15.1

The Blessed Lord said: They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, with its roots above and branches below,...

Shloka: BG 15.2

Its branches spread below and above, nourished by the Gunas; its buds are sense-objects, and its roots stretch forth bel...

Shloka: BG 15.3

Its form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, origin, foundation, or resting place; having cut asunder this firml...

Shloka: BG 15.4

Then, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha,...

Shloka: BG 15.5

Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires hav...

Shloka: BG 15.6

Neither does the sun illuminate there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having gone there, they do not return; that is My sup...

Shloka: BG 15.7

An eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses, with the...

Shloka: BG 15.8

When the Lord, as the individual soul, obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these with Him, just as the wind t...

Shloka: BG 15.9

Presiding over the ears, eyes, touch, taste, smell, and mind, it enjoys the objects of the senses.

Shloka: BG 15.10

The deluded do not see Him who departs, stays, and enjoys; but those who possess the eye of knowledge behold Him.

Shloka: BG 15.11

The yogis striving for perfection behold Him dwelling in the Self; but, the unrefined and unintelligent, even though str...

Shloka: BG 15.12

That light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the fire—know that l...

Shloka: BG 15.13

Permeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all herbs.

Shloka: BG 15.14

Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and the Apana, ...

Shloka: BG 15.15

And I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory and knowledge, as well as their absence. I am verily That whic...

Shloka: BG 15.16

Two Purushas there are in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable, and the Kutastha—t...

Shloka: BG 15.17

But distinct is the Supreme Purusha, called the highest Self, indestructible and Lord, who pervades the three worlds and...

Shloka: BG 15.18

As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared to be the highest Purusha in the w...

Shloka: BG 15.19

He who, undeluded, knows Me as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna.

Shloka: BG 15.20

Thus, I have imparted to you this most secret science, O sinless one; by knowing this, one becomes wise, and all their d...