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adhaś cordhvaḿ prasṛtās tasya śākhā guṇa-pravṛddhā viṣaya-pravālāḥ adhaś ca mūlāny anusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣya-loke Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.2 The branches of this tree extend downward and upward,...

na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādir na ca sampratiṣṭhā aśvattham enaḿ su-virūḍha-mūlam asańga-śastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā tataḥ padaḿ tat parimārgitavyaḿ yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tam eva cādyaḿ...

nirmāna-mohā jita-sańga-doṣā adhyātma-nityā vinivṛtta-kāmāḥ dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-saḿjñair gacchanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaḿ tat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.5 Those who are free from false prestige, illusion...

na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāńko na pāvakaḥ yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaḿ mama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.6 That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those...

mamaivāḿśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.7 The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to...

sariram yad avapnoti yac capy utkramatishvarah grhitvaitani samyati vayur gandhan ivasayat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.8 The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to...

śrotraḿ cakṣuḥ sparśanaḿ ca rasanaḿ ghrāṇam eva ca adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaḿ viṣayān upasevate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.9 The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, eye,...

utkrāmantaḿ sthitaḿ vāpi bhuñjānaḿ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.10 The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand...

yatanto yoginaś cainaḿ paśyanty ātmany avasthitam yatanto ’py akṛtātmāno nainaḿ paśyanty acetasaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.11 The endeavoring transcendentalists, who are situated in self-realization, can see all this...

yad āditya-gataḿ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilam yac candramasi yac cāgnau tat tejo viddhi māmakam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.12 The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And...