पुरुष puruṣa
Spirit, the person. Appears in 30 verses.
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- 2.15यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabhaThat firm man, whom surely these afflictions do not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality.
- 2.21वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।vedāvināśhinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayamWhoever knows it to be indestructible, eternal, unborn, and inexhaustible, how can that person slay, O Arjuna, or cause to be slain?
- 2.60यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥThe turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.
- 3.4न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣhkarmyaṁ puruṣho ’śhnuteMan does not reach actionlessness by not performing actions; nor does he attain perfection by mere renunciation.
- 3.19तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācharaTherefore, without attachment, always perform the actions that should be done; for by performing actions without attachment, one reaches the Supreme.
- 3.36अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ charati pūruṣhaḥArjuna said, "But what compels man to commit sin, even against his wishes, O Varshneya (Krishna), as if constrained by force?"
- 8.1किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣhottamaArjuna said, "What is Brahman? What is Adhyatma? What is action, O best among men? What is Adhibhuta declared to be? And, what is Adhidaiva said to be?"
- 8.4अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्।adhibhūtaṁ kṣharo bhāvaḥ puruṣhaśh chādhidaivatamAdhibhuta—knowledge of the elements—pertains to My perishable nature, and the Purusha, or the Soul, is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best…
- 8.8अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना।abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena chetasā nānya-gāmināWith the mind not moving towards any other thing, made steadfast through the practice of habitual meditation, and constantly meditating, one goes to the Supreme Person…
- 8.10प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेनprayāṇa-kāle manasāchalenaAt the time of death, with an unwavering mind, endowed with devotion, by the power of Yoga, fixing the whole life-breath in the middle of the two eyebrows, he reaches…
- 8.22पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।puruṣhaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tvananyayāThat highest Purusha, O Arjuna, is attainable by unswerving devotion to Him alone, within Whom all beings dwell and by Whom all this is pervaded.
- 9.3अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप।aśhraddadhānāḥ puruṣhā dharmasyāsya parantapaThose who have no faith in this Dharma, O Parantapa, return to the path of this world without attaining Me.
- 10.12परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavānArjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, eternal, divine Person, the primeval God, unborn, and omnipresent."
- 10.15स्वयमेवात्मनाऽत्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम।swayam evātmanātmānaṁ vettha tvaṁ puruṣhottamaVerily, Thou Thyself knowest Thyself by Thyself, O Supreme Person, O source and Lord of all beings, O God of gods, O ruler of the world!
- 11.3एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।evam etad yathāttha tvam ātmānaṁ parameśhvaraNow, O Supreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself, O Supreme Person, I wish to behold Thy divine form.
- 11.18त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यंtvam akṣharaṁ paramaṁ veditavyaṁYou are the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, worthy of being known. You are the great treasure-house of this universe; You are the imperishable protector of the eternal…
- 11.38त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणtvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇasYou are the primal God, the ancient Purusha, the supreme refuge of this universe, the knower, the knowable, and the supreme Abode. Through You, the universe is pervaded…
- 13.1प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva chaArjuna said, "I wish to learn about Nature and the Spirit, the field and the knower of the field, knowledge and that which ought to be known, O Kesava."
- 13.20प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv apiKnow that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and qualities are born from Nature.
- 13.21कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyateIn the production of the effect and the cause, Nature (matter) is said to be the cause; in the experience of pleasure and pain, the soul is said to be the one…
- 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇānThe soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.
- 13.23उपद्रष्टाऽनुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः।upadraṣhṭānumantā cha bhartā bhoktā maheśhvaraḥThe Supreme Soul in this body is also called the observer, the permitter, the sustainer, the enjoyer, the great Lord, and the Supreme Self.
- 13.24य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैःसह।ya evaṁ vetti puruṣhaṁ prakṛitiṁ cha guṇaiḥ sahaHe who thus knows the Spirit and Matter together with their qualities, in whatever condition he may be, he is not reborn.
- 15.4ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्य यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः।tataḥ padaṁ tat parimārgitavyaṁThen, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha, from whence streamed forth the ancient activity…
- 15.16द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।dvāv imau puruṣhau loke kṣharaśh chākṣhara eva chaTwo Purushas there are in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable, and the Kutastha—the unchanging—is called the imperishable.
- 15.17उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः।uttamaḥ puruṣhas tv anyaḥ paramātmety udāhṛitaḥBut distinct is the Supreme Purusha, called the highest Self, indestructible and Lord, who pervades the three worlds and sustains them.
- 15.18यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।yasmāt kṣharam atīto ’ham akṣharād api chottamaḥAs I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared to be the highest Purusha in the world and in the Vedas.
- 15.19यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।yo mām evam asammūḍho jānāti puruṣhottamamHe who, undeluded, knows Me as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna.
- 17.3सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।sattvānurūpā sarvasya śhraddhā bhavati bhārataThe faith of each is in accordance with their nature, O Arjuna. People consist of their faith; as a person's faith is, so are they.
- 18.4निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattamaHear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of the Bharatas; abandonment, indeed, O best of men, has been declared to be of three kinds.