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TEXT 17

TEXT 17

Devanagari

Devanagari

उत्तम: पुरुषस्त्वन्य: परमात्मेत्युदाहृत: ।
यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वर: ॥ १७ ॥

Text

Texte

uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ
paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ
yo loka-trayam āviśya
bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ
uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ
paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ
yo loka-trayam āviśya
bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ

Synonyms

Synonyms

uttamaḥ — the best; puruṣaḥ — personality; tu — but; anyaḥ — another; parama-ātmā — the Supreme Self; iti — thus; udāhṛtaḥ — is said; yaḥ — who; loka — of the universe; trayam — the three divisions; āviśya — entering; bibharti — is maintaining; avyayaḥ — inexhaustible; īśvaraḥ — the Lord.

uttamaḥ: la meilleure; puruṣaḥ: personne; tu: mais; anyaḥ: une autre; paramātmā: l’Être Suprême; iti: ainsi; udāhṛtaḥ: est dit; yaḥ: qui; loka: de l’univers; trayam: dans les trois divisions; āviśya: entrant; bibharti: soutient; avyayaḥ: inexhaustible; īśvaraḥ: le Seigneur.

Translation

Translation

Besides these two, there is the greatest living personality, the Supreme Soul, the imperishable Lord Himself, who has entered the three worlds and is maintaining them.

Il y a cependant un être qui les surpasse tous: l’Âme Suprême, le Seigneur immortel qui pénètre dans les trois mondes et les soutient.

Purport

Purport

The idea of this verse is very nicely expressed in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad (2.2.13) and Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (6.13). It is clearly stated there that above the innumerable living entities, some of whom are conditioned and some of whom are liberated, there is the Supreme Personality, who is Paramātmā. The Upaniṣadic verse runs as follows: nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām. The purport is that amongst all the living entities, both conditioned and liberated, there is one supreme living personality, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who maintains them and gives them all the facility of enjoyment according to different work. That Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in everyone’s heart as Paramātmā. A wise man who can understand Him is eligible to attain perfect peace, not others.

La teneur de ce verset est fort bien exprimée dans la Kaṭha Upaniṣad (2.2.13) et la Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (6.13). Il y est clairement dit que la Personne Suprême, le Paramātmā, surpasse les innombrables entités vivantes, dont certaines sont conditionnées et d’autres libérées. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām. Ces mots signifient que parmi tous les êtres, conditionnés ou non, Se trouve un Être Souverain, Dieu, la Personne Suprême, qui les soutient et leur accorde, selon leurs actes, les moyens de jouir de l’existence. Dieu est présent dans le cœur de chacun sous la forme du Paramātmā. Seul l’homme sage qui parvient à Le connaître trouvera la paix parfaite.