This radiance in the sun that illumines the entire world,
and that which shines in the moon and that which shines in the fire too, know
that radiance to be Mine. ……………….. (12)
And permeating the soil, it is I who support all
creatures by My vital energy, and becoming the sapful moon, I nourish all
plants. ………………….. (13)
Taking the form of fire, as Vaisvanara, lodged in the
body of all creatures and united with the Prana (exhalation) and Apana
(inhalation) breaths, it is I who digest and assimilate the four kinds of food.
…………… (14)
It is I who remain seated in the heart of all creatures
as the inner controller of all; and it is I who am the source of memory,
knowledge and the ratiocinative faculty. Again, I am the only object worth
knowing through the Vedas; I alone am the origin of Vedanta and the knower of
the Vedas too. ……………………. (15)
The perishable and he imperishable too- these are the two
kinds of Purusas in this world. Of these, the bodies of all beings are spoken
of as the perishable; while the Jivatma or the embodied soul is called
imperishable. ……………….. (16)
Yet, the Supreme Person is other than these, who, having
encompassed all the three worlds, upholds and maintains all, and has been
spoken of as the imperishable Lord and the Supreme Spirit. …………….. (17)
Since I am wholly beyond the perishable world of matter
of Ksetra, and am superior even to the imperishable soul, Jivatma, hence I am
known as the Purusottama, the Supreme Self, in the world as well as in the
Vedas. ……………. (18)
Arjun, the wise man who thus realizes Me as the Supreme
Person - knowing all, he constantly worships Me (the all-pervading Lord) with
his whole being. ……………….. (19)
Arjun, this most esoteric teaching has thus been imparted
by Me; grasping it in essence man becomes wise and his mission in life is
accomplished. ……………… (20)
Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the Science of
Brahma, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjun, ends
the fifteenth chapter entitled "The Yoga of the Supreme Person."
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