puruṣhaḥ
- the individual soul
- person
- a person
- the cosmic personality of God, encompassing the material creation
Also appears as puruṣhāḥ, puruṣhau
In 12 verses
- 2.21
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्
puruṣhaḥ — person
One who knows it as imperishable, eternal, unborn and unchanging — how could such a person kill, or cause anyone to be killed?
- 3.4
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते
puruṣhaḥ — a person
No one reaches freedom from action by refusing to act, nor perfection merely by renouncing.
- 8.4
अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्
puruṣhaḥ — the cosmic personality of God, encompassing the material creation
The ground of matter is perishable nature; the ground of the gods is the cosmic person; and I am the lord of offerings, here in this body, best of the embodied.
- 8.22
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया
puruṣhaḥ — the Supreme Divine Personality
That highest person, son of Pritha, is reached by devotion to nothing else — he in whom all beings rest, and by whom all this is pervaded.
- 9.3
अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप
puruṣhāḥ — (such) persons
Those without faith in this way, Arjuna, do not reach me. They return again to the round of death.
- 11.18
त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्
puruṣhaḥ — the Supreme Divine Person
You are the imperishable, the highest to be known. You are the ultimate resting place of this world; you are the undying guardian of what is right; you are, I believe, the everlasting person.
- 11.38
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्
puruṣhaḥ — personality
You are the first of gods, the ancient person, the ultimate resting place of this world; the knower and the known, and the highest dwelling. By you this world is pervaded, you of endless form.
- 13.21
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते
puruṣhaḥ — the individual soul
Nature is said to be the ground of cause and effect and of doing; the person is said to be the ground of the experience of pleasure and pain.
- 13.22
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्
puruṣhaḥ — the individual soul
The person, seated in nature, experiences the strands born of nature. Attachment to those strands is the cause of birth in good wombs and bad.
- 15.16
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च
puruṣhau — beings
There are two beings in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All creatures are the perishable; the unchanging is called the imperishable.
- 15.17
उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः
puruṣhaḥ — Divine Personality
But there is another, the highest person, called the supreme self — who, entering the three worlds, upholds them, unchanging.
- 17.3
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत
puruṣhaḥ — human being
Everyone's faith accords with their nature, Arjuna. A person is made of their faith: as their faith is, so are they.