Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः ।
अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥१८॥
yasmāt kṣaram atīto 'ham
akṣarād api cottamaḥ
ato 'smi loke vede ca
prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- yasmāt
- because
- kṣaram
- the fallible
- atītaḥ
- transcendental
- aham
- I
- akṣarāt
- from the infallible
- api
- better than that
- ca
- and
- uttamaḥ
- the best
- ataḥ
- therefore
- asmi
- I am
- loke
- in the world
- vede
- in the Vedic literature
- ca
- and
- prathitaḥ
- celebrated
- puruṣottamaḥ
- as the Supreme Personality
Translation
Because I am transcendental, beyond both the fallible and the infallible, and because I am the greatest, I am celebrated both in the world and in the Vedas as that Supreme Person.
Purport
No one can surpass the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa—neither the conditioned soul nor the liberated soul. He is, therefore, the greatest of personalities. Now it is clear here that the living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are individuals. The difference is that the living entities, either in the conditioned state or in the liberated state, cannot surpass in quantity the inconceivable potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
What this verse teaches
Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.