Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 15: The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit

All 20 verses of Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit, with English translation, per-word meanings, and Adi Shankara's commentary.

• Verse 15.1 — They speak of the indestructible Aśvattha having its root above and branches below, whose…
• Verse 15.2 — Below and above are its branches spread, nourished by the guṇas, sense-objects its buds…
• Verse 15.3 — Its form is not perceived as such here, neither its end nor its origin nor its existence…
• Verse 15.4 — Its form is not perceived as such here, neither its end nor its origin nor its existence…
• Verse 15.5 — Free from pride and delusion, with the evil of attachment conquered, ever dwelling in the…
• Verse 15.6 — That, the sun illumines not, nor the moon, nor fire; That is My Supreme Abode, to which…
• Verse 15.7 — A ray of Myself, the eternal Jīva in the world of jīvas, attracts the senses, with manas…
• Verse 15.8 — When the Lord acquires a body, and when He leaves it, He takes these and goes, as the…
• Verse 15.9 — The ear, the eye and the touch, the taste and the smell, using these and the manas, he…
• Verse 15.10 — Him who departs, stays and enjoys, who is conjoined with guṇas, the deluded perceive not…
• Verse 15.11 — Those who strive, endued with Yoga, perceive Him dwelling in the self; though striving…
• Verse 15.12 — That light which residing in the sun illumines the whole world, that which is in the moon…
• Verse 15.13 — Penetrating the earth I support all beings by (My) Energy; and having become the watery…
• Verse 15.14 — Abiding in the body of living beings as Vaiśvānara, associated with Prāṇa and Apāna, I…
• Verse 15.15 — And I am seated in the hearts of all: from Me are memory, knowledge, as well as their…
• Verse 15.16 — There are these two beings in the world, the perishable and the imperishable: the…
• Verse 15.17 — But distinct is the Highest Spirit spoken of as the Supreme Self, the indestructible Lord…
• Verse 15.18 — Because I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, therefore am…
• Verse 15.19 — He who, undeluded, thus knows Me, the Highest Spirit, he, knowing all, worships Me with…
• Verse 15.20 — Thus, this most Secret Science has been taught by Me, O sinless one; on knowing this, (a…