Bhagavad Gita · Verse 15.4

Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga (पुरुषोत्तमयोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः । तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥४॥

tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ | tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||4||

Complete Shloka Translation

Then one should seek that state from which those who have reached it do not return: I take refuge in that primal Person from whom the ancient unfolding of existence has issued.

Narrative Context: Completing 15.3, Krishna joins detachment with seeking the ultimate state and taking refuge in the primal Person.

Word-by-Word Translation (Padartha / Anvaya)

16 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
पद	pada	state or destination
आद्य	ādya	primal
ततः	tataḥ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
पदं	padaṃ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
तत्परिमार्गितव्यं	tatparimārgitavyaṃ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
यस्मिन्गता	yasmingatā	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
निवर्तन्ति	na	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
भूयः	nivartanti	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
तमेव	bhūyaḥ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
चाद्यं	tameva	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
पुरुषं	cādyaṃ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
प्रपद्ये	puruṣaṃ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
यतः	prapadye	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
प्रवृत्तिः	yataḥ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
प्रसृता	pravṛttiḥ	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...
पुराणी	prasṛtā	[term] in context of Then one should seek that stat...

पदpada

state or destination

आद्यādya

primal

ततःtataḥ