15. The Supreme Spirit

Puruṣhottam Yog

BG 15.13

I permeate the Earth and sustain all living beings with my energy. I nourish all the plants and become the juice of life.

गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा
पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः

  • gām — earth

  • āviśhya — permeating

  • cha — and

  • bhūtāni — living beings

  • dhārayāmy — sustain

  • aham — I

  • ojasā — energy

  • puṣhṇāmi — nourish

  • chauṣhadhīḥ — and plants

    • cha — and

    • auṣhadhīḥ — plants

  • sarvāḥ — all

  • somo — the moon
    somaḥ—the moon

  • bhūtvā — becoming

  • rasātmakaḥ — juice of life
    rasa-ātmakaḥ—the juice of life

...15.11

Know that I am like the brilliance of the sun, illuminating the whole world. The light of the moon and the fire are also from me.

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I permeate the Earth and sustain all living beings with my energy. I nourish all the plants and become the juice of life.

[13]

I am situated within all living beings as the digestive fire, and digest the various types of foods in balance with the incoming and outgoing breath.

[14]

I am seated in the heart of all. From me come memory, knowledge, and forgetfulness. I alone am what is to be known by the Vedas, and I alone am the knower of the Vedas.

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Chapter 15, Verse 13