उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः ।यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ॥
uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ |yo lokatrayam āviśya bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ ||
- उत्तमः · uttamaḥ
- the highest, supreme
- पुरुषः · puruṣaḥ
- the Person
- अन्यः · anyaḥ
- another, distinct
- परमात्मा · paramātmā
- the supreme Self
- उदाहृतः · udāhṛtaḥ
- proclaimed, declared
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- लोकत्रयम् · lokatrayam
- the three worlds
- आविश्य · āviśya
- having entered
- बिभर्ति · bibharti
- upholds, sustains
- अव्ययः · avyayaḥ
- imperishable
- ईश्वरः · īśvaraḥ
- the Lord
“But beyond them is the highest Person, called the supreme Self — the imperishable Lord who enters the three worlds and sustains them.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chapter's crown: Purushottama, the Person beyond both the changing and the changeless. He both transcends the worlds and indwells them. This single verse gives the chapter its name and its place as the Gita's theological summit.
— Reader's notes (original)