Chapter 15, Verse 4
Chapter 15 · bhakti-yoga
Shloka
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः | तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये | यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ||१५-४||
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ . tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye . yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||15-4||
English Meaning
English Meaning
Then That goal should be sought for, whither having gone none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha Whence streamed forth the ancient activity or energy.
Hindi Meaning
(तदुपरान्त) उस पद का अन्वेषण करना चाहिए जिसको प्राप्त हुए पुरुष पुन: संसार में नहीं लौटते हैं। "मैं उस आदि पुरुष की शरण हूँ, जिससे यह पुरातन प्रवृत्ति प्रसृत हुई है"।।
Russian Meaning
Тогда следует искать Ту цель, куда уйдя, никто не возвращается. Я ищу прибежища в том Первобытном Пуруше, Откуда струилась древняя деятельность или энергия.
Spanish Meaning
Entonces se debe buscar esa meta, donde nadie regresa después de haber ido. Busco refugio en ese Purusha Primigenio de donde fluyó la antigua actividad o energía.
Commentary
That which fills the whole world with the form of ExistenceKnowledgeBliss is Purusha. Or? that which sleeps in this Puri (city) of the body is the Purusha.Singleminded devotion which consists of ceaselessly thinking of or meditating on the Supreme Being is the sure means of attaining Selfrealisation. Taking sole refuge in the Primeval Purusha is the means to know or realise that supreme goal goind whither the wise do not return again to this world of death.The aspirant should know the abode of Vishnu. He should struggle hard to reach it. He should seek it by taking refuge in the Primeval Purusha. If he reaches this immortal abode of Vishnu or the imperishable Brahmic seat of ineffable splendour and glory he will never return to this mortal world.The Primeval Purusha or the pure? Supreme Being Who is ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute is the goal or the supreme abode or the abode of Vishnu. Just as illusory objects like elephants? horses? etc.? come forth through the jugglery of the magician? so also this ancient energy or the original divine power or emanation of this tree or illusory Samsara has streamed forth from that Primeval Purusha.What sort of persons reach that goal eternal Listen.