Word meanings
- yasmāt
- hence
- kṣaram
- to the perishable
- atītaḥ
- transcendental
- aham
- I
- akṣarāt
- to the imperishable
- api
- even
- ca
- and
- uttamaḥ
- transcendental
- ataḥ
- therefore
- asmi
- I am
- loke
- in the world
- vede
- in the Vedas
- ca
- and
- prathitaḥ
- celebrated
- puruṣa-uttamaḥ
- as the Supreme Divine Personality
Translations
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.
I am beyond comparison with the Eternal and the non-eternal; I am known as the Supreme Personality, the Highest God, by scriptures and sages.
Since I am transcendental to the mutable and above even the immutable, therefore I am well known in the world and in the Vedas as the supreme Person.
मैं क्षरसे अतीत हूँ और अक्षरसे भी उत्तम हूँ, इसलिये लोकमें और वेदमें पुरुषोत्तम नामसे प्रसिद्ध हूँ।Commentary
Purushottama is a wellknown name of the Lord. The name is ite appropriate as He is the supreme Purusha. Kshara The perishable -- the tree of Samsara. Akshara The imperishable -- the seed of the tree of Samsara. Because I excel the perishable (the tree of illusory Samsara) and am more excellent also than the imperishable (the seed of the tree of the illusory Samsara) and because I am thus superior to the perishable and the imperishable? I am proclaimed in the world and in the Vedas as the highest Purusha.
Devotees know Me as such. Poets also describe Me as such.I am beyond all limitations. There is no trace of dualism in Me. Therefore? I am called by all and by the scriptures the highest Purusha.