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Bhagavad Gita 15.17

Beyond the two persons stands the highest Person, the Supreme Self, who sustains the three worlds.

उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः।
यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः॥

uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ
yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ

Translation

But there is another, the highest Person, called the Supreme Self. That undying Lord enters the three worlds and sustains them.

Hindi

परंतु इन दोनों से भिन्न एक उत्तम पुरुष है, जिसे परमात्मा कहा गया है। वह अविनाशी ईश्वर तीनों लोकों में प्रवेश करके उन्हें धारण करता है।

Commentary

A third is now named, higher than the perishable and the imperishable alike. This highest Person is the Supreme Self and Lord who both pervades the three worlds and holds them up. It prepares the chapter's title word in 15.18, where Krishna tells how he is known.

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