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Bhagavadgita with Samkara's commentary 15.18

BhGS 15.18

यस्मात् क्षरम् अतीतो ऽहं संसार-माया-वृक्षम् अश्वत्थाख्यम् अतिक्रान्तो ऽहम् अक्षराद् अपि संसार-माया-रूप-वृक्ष-बीज-भूताद् अपि चोत्तम उत्कृष्टतमः ऊर्ध्वतमो वा । अतस् ताभ्यां क्षराक्षराभ्याम् उत्तमत्वाद् अस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः प्रख्यातः । पुरुषोत्तम इत्य् एवं मां भक्त-जना विदुः । कवयः काव्यादिषु चेदं नाम निबध्नन्ति । पुरुषोत्तम इत्य् अनेनाभिधानेनाभिगृणन्ति

yasmāt kṣaram atīto 'haṃ saṃsāra-māyā-vṛkṣam aśvatthākhyam atikrānto 'ham akṣarād api saṃsāra-māyā-rūpa-vṛkṣa-bīja-bhūtād api cottama utkṛṣṭatamaḥ ūrdhvatamo vā | atas tābhyāṃ kṣarākṣarābhyām uttamatvād asmi loke vede ca prathitaḥ prakhyātaḥ | puruṣottama ity evaṃ māṃ bhakta-janā viduḥ | kavayaḥ kāvyādiṣu cedaṃ nāma nibadhnanti | puruṣottama ity anenābhidhānenābhigṛṇanti

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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