BG - 15.4

ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्य यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः।तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी।।15.4।।

tataḥ padaṁ tat parimārgitavyaṁ yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tam eva chādyaṁ puruṣhaṁ prapadye yataḥ pravṛittiḥ prasṛitā purāṇī

• tataḥ - then
• padam - place
• tat - that
• parimārgitavyam - one must search out
• yasmin - where
• gatāḥ - having gone
• na - not
• nivartanti - return
• bhūyaḥ - again
• tam - to him
• eva - certainly
• cha - and
• ādyam - original
• puruṣham - the Supreme Lord
• prapadye - take refuge
• yataḥ - whence
• pravṛittiḥ - the activity
• prasṛitā - streamed forth
• purāṇi - very old

Translation

Then, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha, from whence streamed forth the ancient activity or energy.

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