पुरुषोत्तमयोग

ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् |

The Blessed Lord said They say that the peepul Tree, which has its roots upward and the branches downward, and of which the Vedas are the leaves, is imperishable. He who realizes it is knower of the Vedas.

गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः |

The branches of that (Tree), extending down-wards and upwards, are strengthened by the alities and have sense-objects as their shoots. And the roots, which are followed by actions, spread down-wards in the human world [According to A.G. and M.S. manusya-loke means a body distinguished by Brahminhood etc.].

नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा |

Its form is not perceived here in that way; nor its end, nor beginning, nor continuance, After felling this Peepul whose roots are well developed, with the strong sword of detachment-;

यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः |

Thereafter, that State has to be sought for, going where they do not return again: I take refuge in that Primeval Person Himself, from whom has ensued the eternal Manifestation.

अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः |

The wise ones who are free from pride and non-discrimination, who have conered the evil of association, [Hatred and love arising from association with foes and friends.] who are ever devoted to spirituality, completely free from desires, free from the dualities called happiness and sorrow, reach that undecaying State.

यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ||१५-६||

Neither the sun nor the moon nor fire illumines That. That is My supreme Abode, reaching which they do not return.

मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ||१५-७||

It is verily a part of Mine which, becoming the eternal individual soul in the region of living beings, draws (to itself) the organs which have the mind as their sixth, and which abide in Nature.

गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ||१५-८||

When the master leaves it and even when he assumes a body, he departs taking these, as wind (carries away) odours from their receptacles.

अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ||१५-९||

This one enjoys the objects by presiding over the ear, eyes, skin and tongue as also the nose and the mind.

विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ||१५-१०||

Persons who are diversely deluded do not see it even when it is leaving or residing (in this body), or experiencing, or in association with the alities. Those with the eye of knowledge see.

यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः ||१५-११||

And the yogis who are diligent see this one as existing in themselves. The non-discriminating ones who lack self-control do not see this one-though (they be) diligent.

यच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ||१५-१२||

That light in the sun which illumines the whole world, that which is in the moon, and that which is in fire,-know that light to be Mine.

पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः ||१५-१३||

And entering the earth I sustain the beings through (My) power; and nourish all the plants by becoming Soma [According to S. and most other translators, Soma means the moon.-Tr.] which is of the nature of sap.

प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ||१५-१४||

Taking the form of Vaisvanara and residing in the bodies of creatures, I, in association with Prana and Apana, digest the four kinds of food.

मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनञ्च |

And I am seated in the hearts of all. From Me are memory, knowledge and their loss. I alone am the object to be known through all the Vedas; I am also the originator of the Vedanta, and I Myself am the knower of the Vedas.

क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ||१५-१६||

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.

यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ||१५-१७||

But different is th supreme Person who is spoken of as the transcendental Self, who, permeating the three worlds, upholds (them), and is the imperisahble God.

अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ||१५-१८||

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.

स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ||१५-१९||

O scion of the Bharata dynasty, he who, being free from delusion, knows Me the supreme Person thus, he is all-knowing and adores Me with his whole being.

एतद्बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत ||१५-२०||

O sinless one, this most secret scripture has thus been uttered by Me. Understanding this, one becomes wise and has his duties fulfilled, O scion of the Bharata dynasty.