LOTUS GITA- APATH TO SALVATION

CHAPTER-XV-SUPER MOST PERSON (PURUSHOTTAM) (1-20)
1-6 Universe as a tree
Shri bhagavan uvacha
15.1. urdhnamulam adhahshakham
ashwatham prahuh avyayam
chandasi yasya parnani yah
tam veda sah vedavita
Sri Bhagavan said:
One who knows the Aswatthha tree having roots upward and brances downward and whose leaves are the Vedas like this world is said to be imperishable has all the knowledge of the all the Vedas.
15.2. adhaschordham prasritasyasya shakha
gunapravridha vishayapravalah
adhaschya mulanyanusantatani
karmanu bandhini manusyaloke.
The expanded branches with tender leaves of that tree just like expanded worldly desires fed by the three Gunas are spread over in all the sides like the branches of the aforesaid tree are spread downwards and upwards; and its roots; which bind the soul according to its actions in the human body, are spread in all regions, higher as well as lower.
15.3 narupamshyeha tathopalubhyate
nam to na chadirna cha sampratistha
ashvathmainam suvirudhamula
masangshastrena dridhena chhitva
The nature of this world like tree of creation does not resemble to what it is represented to be; for it has neither beginning nor end, nor even stable. Therefore, cut the firm roots of this world like peepul tree, with the formidable weapon of dispassion.
15.4. tatah padam tatparimargitavyam
yasmingata na nivartanti bhuyah
tamena chadhyam purusham prapadhye
yatah pravrittih prasrita purani

Thereafter a person should discover that supreme status of salvation having attained to which there is no more return to this world; and should firmly resolve that he is dedicated to that Primeval Being (Almighty) from whom the flow of this beginningless creation has perpetually progressed.
15.5. nirmanmoha jitsangadosha
adhyatmanitya vinivrittakamah
dvandvair vimuktah sukhduhkha
saingyairgachantyamudah padamvyamtat

Those who have attained freedom from honor and attachment and conquered the evils of attachment, who are in continuously dedicated in worshiping the God, whose desires have altogether ceased and who have completely freed themselves from the friction of pleasure and pain, such highly placed dedicated persons reach that supreme salvation state.
15.6. ha tadabhasayate suryo
na shashanko na pavakah
yadgatna na nivartante
tadham paramam mama
That status can not be illuminated by either the sun or the moon or even fire and attaining to which one never returns to this world, that is My supreme Abode.
7-11 About soul15.7. mama eva anshah jivaloke
jinabhutah sanatanah
manahkhastani indriyani
prakristshthani karsati

The eternal soul in this body is a basic part of My own being; but it attracts mind and the five senses situated ion nature.
15.8. shariram yat avapnoti yat
cha api utkvamati iswarah
grivitva etani samyati nayuh
gandhan eva ashayat
The wind carries smell from its seat, so too the soul, which controls the body etc., takes away the mind and the senses from the body when it leaves that body and make available to that body which it acquires.
15.9. shrotam kshachuh sparshanam cha
rasanam ghranam eva cha
adhistaya manah cha ayam
vishyan upsevate
The soul while dwelling in body enjoys the object through senses of hearing sight, touch, taste and smell with the help of mind.
15.10. utkramantam sthitam va api
bhunjanam va gunanvitam
vimudhah na anupashyanti
pashyanti gyanchakshu sah.
the soul departing from body, or dwelling in the another body, or enjoying the objects of senses and also even when it contains all the Gunas is not felt by ignorant persons whereas only those endowed with the eye of knowledge are able to realize it.
15.11. yatantah yoginah cha enam
pashyanti atmani avasthitam
yatanthah api akritatmana na
inam pashyanti achetasah
Yogis trying too achieve are able to realise this self enshrined supreme element within themselves but those who have not been able to purify their inner self such ignorant people are unable to experience this element in spite of their best endeavours.
12-15 Influence of God
15.12. yat adiytagatam tejah
jagat bhagyate akhilam
yat chandramasi yat cha
agnav tat tejah viddhi mamakam

The light in the sun, that illumines the entire world, and that shine in the moon and that too which shines in the fire, know al those lights to be Mine.
15.13. gam avishya cha bhutani
dharayami aham ojasa
pushnami eha auohadhih
sarvah somah bhtva rasatmakah
.
It is I who enter in the earth sustain all creatures by My vital powers and I after becoming the nectarine moon nourish all medicinal plants.
15.14. aham vaishvanarah bhutva
praninam samayuktah
pranaban samayuktah
pachami annam chaturvidham
Taking the form of hunger fire in stomach containing ingoing and outgoing breaths in the body of all creatures , it is I who consume the four kinds of food.
15.15. sarvasya cha aham hridi sanivistah
mattah smritih gyanam apohanam cha
vaideh cha sarvaih aham eva vedhyah
vedankrita vedavitta eva cha aham

I an situated in the heartys of all the creatures and it is I who is the source of memory, knowledge and the faculty of reason.I am the only object to be known through the Vedas. I know the Vedas and can describe the elements of Vedas.
16-20 Description of destructible, indestructible and super most persons
15.16. dvou imau purushau loke
ksharah cha aksharah eva cha
ksharah sarvani bhutani
kutasthokshar uchyatey
These are two kinds of Purusas in this world one the perishable and another is imperishable, of these, the bodies of all beings are perishable; while the soul is called imperishable.
15.17. uttamah purushah tu anyah
parmatma iti udahritah
yah lokatrayam avishya
vibhavti avyayah ishwarah
. The Supreme Purush is yet another, who is said “Parmatma” (the Almighty) the same imperishible having entered all the three worlds of Universe maintains all.
15.18. yasmat ksharam atitah aham
aksharat api cha uttamah
atah asmi loke vede
cha prathitah purushottamah
Since I am beyond reach of the perishable and superior even to the imperishable therefore I am famous in the name of “ Purusottama” in the world and Vedas.
15.19. yah mama evam asammudhah
janati purushottamam
sah sarvavita bhajati
mama sarvabhavana bharata
Arjuna! An unattached person who realizes Me as the “ Purushottam” (Supreme Person), he knows everything and constantly worships Me.
15.20. iti ghuhyatamum shastram
idam uktam maya anagha
etat budhva buddhiman
syat kritkrityah cha bharata

Arjuna! This most secret science has thus been said by Me; knowing it in essence a person becomes wise and his mission in life is accomplished.

The Fifteenth Chapter of the Science of Bramha and the scripture of yoga in the glorious Upnishad of Shree Mad Bhagvat Gita titled "The Yoga of the Supreme Person" A dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjuna finishes here.