Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Purusha

पुरुष · puruṣa

spirit; the conscious self

Literally 'person'. In philosophy it means pure consciousness, the witness that experiences what nature produces without itself changing. Chapter 13 pairs it with prakriti as the two beginningless principles. Chapter 15 speaks of the perishable person, the imperishable, and a highest Person beyond both, the Purushottama.

Appears in

Bhagavad Gita 13.19 · Bhagavad Gita 13.21 · Bhagavad Gita 15.16 · Bhagavad Gita 15.18