Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 16
Chapter 15
Verse 17 of 20
Verse 18
Verse 15.17
उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाह्मतः। यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभत्र्यव्यय ईश्वरः।15.17।
15.17 uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ yo lokatrayam āviśya bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

But the highest Person (Puruṣa) is another, declared to be the supreme Self (Paramātman), Who, having entered the three worlds, sustains them, the imperishable Lord (Īśvara).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Other is the supreme spirit of man, called the supreme self, the immutable lord who enters and sustains the three worlds.

ZaehnerJesuit

(17) But there is [yet] another Person, the [All-]Sublime, surnamed 'All-Highest Self’: the three worlds He enters-and-pervades, sustaining them,—the Lord who passes not away.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

15.17 But different is the supreme Person who is spoken of as the transcendental Self, who, permeating the three worlds, upholds (them), and is the imperishable God.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

15.17 There is the Supreme Person other than these. He is named the Supreme Self (Paramātmā) in all the Vedas. He who, as the Immutable One and the Lord, entering the threefold world, supports it.

SivanandaVedanta

15.17 But distinct is the Supreme Puruṣa called the highest Self, the indestructible Lord Who, pervading the three worlds, sustains them.

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Verse 16
Chapter 15
Verse 17 of 20
Verse 18