Chapter 15 • Verse 4

Purusottama Yoga

The Yoga of the Supreme Person

Sanskrit Verse

Tatah padam tat parimargitavyam yasmin gata na nivartanti bhuyah, tam eva cadyam purusham prapadye yatah pravrttih prasrta purani

Translation & Meaning

One must seek that supreme abode from which, having gone, one never returns. There one should surrender to that Primal Person from whom everything has emanated since time immemorial. This verse describes the goal of spiritual practice — the ultimate liberation from the cycle of birth and death by taking refuge in the Supreme.

Key Teachings

  • The supreme abode of liberation is the ultimate goal of human life
  • Surrendering to the Primal Person is the means of reaching that abode
  • Liberation means freedom from the cycle of repeated birth and death

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