BG - 15.18

यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।

yasmāt kṣharam atīto ’ham akṣharād api chottamaḥ ato ’smi loke vede cha prathitaḥ puruṣhottamaḥ

• yasmāt - hence
• kṣharam - to the perishable
• atītaḥ - transcendental
• aham - I
• akṣharāt - to the imperishable
• api - even
• cha - and
• uttamaḥ - transcendental
• ataḥ - therefore
• asmi - I am
• loke - in the world
• vede - in the Vedas
• cha - and
• prathitaḥ - celebrated
• puruṣha-uttamaḥ - as the Supreme Divine Personality

Translation

As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared to be the highest Purusha in the world and in the Vedas.

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