Sanskrit · Devanagari
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः। अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yasmātkṣaramatīto.ahamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ ato.asmi loke vedeca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882supports (them). And since I transcend the destructible and since I am higher also than the indestructible therefore am I celebrated in the world and in the Vedas as the best of beings.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।15.18।। --,यस्मात् क्षरम् अतीतः अहं संसारमायावृक्षम् अश्वत्थाख्यम् अतिक्रान्तः अहम् अक्षरादपि संसारमायारूपवृक्षबीजभूतादपि च उत्तमः उत्कृष्टतमः ऊर्ध्वतमो वा? अतः ताभ्यां क्षराक्षराभ्याम् उत्तमत्वात् अस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः प्रख्यातः। पुरुषोत्तमः इत्येवं मां भक्तजनाः विदुः। कवयः काव्यादिषु च इदं नाम निबध्नन्ति। पुरुषोत्तम इत्यनेनाभिधानेनाभिगृणन्ति।।अथ इदानीं यथानिरुक्तम् आत्मानं यो वेद? तस्य इदं फलम् उच्यते --,
01d3211a07cf…Rāmānuja
15.18 Inasmuch as I transcend the perishable (i.e., bound) Person of the aforesaid nature, and I am higher, for reasons stated earlier, than the imperishable Person or liberated self, therefore I am styled the Supreme Person in the Smrti and Srutis. The Smrti is called Loka by reason of its leading to the meaning of the Vedas. The meaning is that I am famous in the Srutis and in the Smrti. In the Sruti for instance; 'Reaching the Supreme Light, it appears in its own nature. He is the Supreme Person' (Cha. U., 8.12.3). In the Smrti we have texts like 'I will approach Him (Sri Krsna), the Supreme Person who is the incarnation of a portion of Visnu, who is without beginning, middle or end' (V. P., 5.17.33).
d82ffe28f0c1…Swami Sivananda
15.18 यस्मात् as? क्षरम् the perishable? अतीतः transcend? अहम् I? अक्षरात् than the imperishable? अपि also? च and? उत्तमः best? अतः therefore? अस्मि (I) am? लोके in the world? वेदे in the Vedas? च and? प्रथितः declared? पुरुषोत्तमः the Highest Purusha.Commentary Purushottama is a wellknown name of the Lord. The name is ite appropriate as He is the supreme Purusha.Kshara The perishable -- the tree of Samsara.Akshara The imperishable -- the seed of the tree of Samsara.Because I excel the perishable (the tree of illusory Samsara) and am more excellent also than the imperishable (the seed of the tree of the illusory Samsara) and because I am thus superior to the perishable and the imperishable? I am proclaimed in the world and in the Vedas as the highest Purusha. Devotees know Me as such. Poets also describe Me as such.I am beyond all limitations. There is no trace of dualism in Me. Therefore? I am called by all and by the scriptures the highest Purusha.
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