Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 Verse 16
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 15 श्लोक 16

द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।
क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
15.16 There are these two persons in the world-the mutable and the immutable. The mutable consists of all things; the one existing as Maya is called the immutable.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
15.16 Two Purushas there are in this world, the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are 
the perishable and the Kutastha  the unchanging  is called the imperishable.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
15.16. There are two persons in the world, the perishing and the nonperishing : the perishing is all elements  [and]  the speak-like One is called the nonperishing.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 15.16Dwaavimau purushau loke ksharashchaakshara eva cha;
Ksharah sarvaani bhootaani kootastho’kshara uchyate.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 15.16dvau—two; imau—these; puruṣhau—beings; loke—in creation; kṣharaḥ—the perishable; cha—and; akṣharaḥ—the imperishable; eva—even; cha—and; kṣharaḥ—the perishable; sarvāṇi—all; bhūtāni—beings; kūṭa-sthaḥ—the liberated; akṣharaḥ—the imperishable; uchyate—is said