Bhagavad Gita 15.19: meaning and translation
Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga. Krishna says
Whoever, free from delusion, knows him in this way as Purushottama, Krishna says, knows all and worships him with his whole being, Bharata.
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Bhagavad Gita 15.19
यो मामेवमसंमूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् ।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ॥
Yo mamevamasammudho janati purushottamamSa sarvavidbhajati mam sarvabhavena bharata
yo māmevamasaṃmūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam |sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata ||
Our explanation Whoever, free from delusion, knows him in this way as Purushottama, Krishna says, knows all and worships him with his whole being, Bharata.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि हे भारत, जो मोह से रहित होकर उन्हें इस प्रकार पुरुषोत्तम जानता है, वह सब जानता है और पूरे भाव से उनका भजन करता है।
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- यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
- माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
- एवम् evam · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “thus, in this way, in such a manner, such”
- असंमूढः asaṃmūḍhaḥ · undeluded (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: a-saṃmūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 119, col. 3 “not confused, deliberate”
- जानाति jānāti · knows (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
- पुरुषोत्तमम् puruṣottamam · as the Supreme Person (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: puruṣottama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 637, col. 3 “the highest being, Supreme Spirit, N. of Vishṇu or Kṛishṇa”
- सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
- सर्ववित् sarvavit · knowing all (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: sarva-vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1187, col. 2 “all-knowing, omniscient”
- भजति bhajati · worships (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
- माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
- सर्वभावेन sarvabhāvena · with his whole being (compound, instrumental singular) Dictionary: sarva-bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1186, col. 2 “with all one's thoughts, with one's whole soul”
- भारत bhārata · O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna) (vocative singular) Dictionary: bhārata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1 “a descendant of Bharata”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 114.
He who, undeluded, thus knows me the best of beings, worships me every way1, O descendant of Bharata! knowing everything.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Cf. p. 129 infra. Here Saṅkara paraphrases it by 'thinking me to be the soul of everything.' ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 114.
He who, undeluded, thus knows me the best of beings, worships me every way1, O descendant of Bharata! knowing everything.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Cf. p. 129 infra. Here Saṅkara paraphrases it by 'thinking me to be the soul of everything.' ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 139.
He who undeluded knoweth Me thus as Purushottama, he, all-knowing, worshippeth Me with his whole being, O Bhârata.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 293.
He who, free from delusion thus knows Me as the Supreme Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me as the All-being, O descendant of Bharata.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 114. Bhagavad Gita 15.19.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 139. Bhagavad Gita 15.19.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 293. Bhagavad Gita 15.19.
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Bhagavad Gita 15.19
यो मामेवमसंमूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ॥
“He who, undeluded, thus knows me the best of beings, worships me every way, O descendant of Bharata! knowing everything.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 114, public domain)
“He who undeluded knoweth Me thus as Purushottama, he, all-knowing, worshippeth Me with his whole being, O Bhârata.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 139, public domain)
“He who, free from delusion thus knows Me as the Supreme Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me as the All-being, O descendant of Bharata.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 293, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 15 (Purushottama Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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