Chapter 15: The Supreme Personपुरुषोत्तमयोग
15:16
“There are two persons in this world—the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable; the unchanging is called imperishable.”
Sanskrit
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च | क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ||
Transliteration
dvāv imau puruṣau loke kṣaraś cākṣara eva ca kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭa-stho 'kṣara ucyate
Commentary
Krishna describes two categories: the perishable (all beings in their changing forms) and the imperishable (the unchanging essence or individual souls). This sets up the revelation of the third—the Supreme.
Chapter 15
The Supreme Person