अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
मैं क्षरसे अतीत हूँ और अक्षरसे भी उत्तम हूँ, इसलिये लोकमें और वेदमें पुरुषोत्तम नामसे प्रसिद्ध हूँ ॥
एक घोषणा · विराट भाव · गहरे अर्थ वाला
“The highest reality lies beyond both change and permanence.”
मैं क्षरसे अतीत हूँ और अक्षरसे भी उत्तम हूँ, इसलिये लोकमें और वेदमें पुरुषोत्तम नामसे प्रसिद्ध हूँ ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःbecause · the perishable · beyond · I · than the imperishable · also · and · higher · therefore · I am · in the world · in the Veda · and · well known · Purushottama
Krishna says he is beyond both the changing world and the unchanging principle behind it. That is why he is called the Supreme Self.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "पुरुषोत्तम योग" में।
श्लोक 18 भगवद् गीता के 15वें अध्याय में है — पुरुषोत्तम योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 20 श्लोक हैं।
In a temple courtyard, two neighbours argue about which deity ranks higher. Krishna makes his own claim plainly here: he is Purushottama, beyond both the passing and the lasting, and asks to be known that way.
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Purushottama, the highest Person, is the name Krishna gives himself, above the perishable and the imperishable.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Krishna says he is beyond both the changing world and the unchanging principle behind it. That is why he is called the Supreme Self.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna has been leading him through the deepest levels of reality. After explaining the perishable, the imperishable, and the supreme being beyond both, Krishna now names himself as that highest reality.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
In a temple courtyard, two neighbours argue about which deity ranks higher. Krishna makes his own claim plainly here: he is Purushottama, beyond both the passing and the lasting, and asks to be known that way.
“Reality is larger than both what fades and what seems permanent.”
संबंधित विषय: purushottama (14 श्लोक), akshara (12 श्लोक)