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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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 15, Verse 4
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: then that place should be sought, from which, having gone, none return again, taking refuge in that primal Person from whom this ancient activity has streamed forth, naming the actual destination this cutting is meant to reveal, not just the cutting itself.

In life: the point of clearing away tangled, excessive attachment isn't emptiness for its own sake, it's meant to reveal and make room for something more foundational underneath the clutter.

Teaching: as you clear away some tangled attachment or excess in your own life, actively look for what more foundational thing becomes visible underneath it, the clearing itself isn't the goal, what it reveals is.

tataḥthen
padamplace
tatthat
parimārgitavyamone must search out
yasminwhere
gatāḥhaving gone
nanot
nivartantireturn
bhūyaḥagain
tamto him
evacertainly
chaand
ādyamoriginal
puruṣhamthe Supreme Lord
prapadyetake refuge
yataḥwhence
pravṛittiḥthe activity
prasṛitāstreamed forth
purāṇivery old

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
15.4 ततः then? पदम् goal? तत् That? परिमार्गितव्यम् should be sought for? यस्मिन् whither? गताः gone? न not? निवर्तन्ति return? भूयः again? तम् that? एव even? च and? आद्यम् primeval? पुरुषम् Purusha? प्रपद्ये I seek refuge? यतः whence? प्रवृत्तिः activity or energy? प्रसृता streamed forth? पुराणी ancient.Commentary That which fills the whole world with the form of ExistenceKnowledgeBliss is Purusha. Or? that which sleeps in this Puri (city) of the body is the Purusha.Singleminded devotion which consists of ceaselessly thinking of or meditating on the Supreme Being is the sure means of attaining Selfrealisation. Taking sole refuge in the Primeval Purusha is the means to know or realise that supreme goal goind whither the wise do not return again to this world of death.The aspirant should know the abode of Vishnu. He should struggle hard to reach it. He should seek it by taking refuge in the Primeval Purusha. If he reaches this immortal abode of Vishnu or the imperishable Brahmic seat of ineffable splendour and glory he will never return to this mortal world.The Primeval Purusha or the pure? Supreme Being Who is ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute is the goal or the supreme abode or the abode of Vishnu. Just as illusory objects like elephants? horses? etc.? come forth through the jugglery of the magician? so also this ancient energy or the original divine power or emanation of this tree or illusory Samsara has streamed forth from that Primeval Purusha.What sort of persons reach that goal eternal Listen.