{"chapter_id":15,"chapter_number":15,"chapter_title":"Purushottama Yoga","id":567,"verse_number":16,"verse_order":567,"text":"द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।","transliteration":"dvāv imau puruṣhau loke kṣharaśh chākṣhara eva cha\nkṣharaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭa-stho ’kṣhara uchyate\n","word_meanings":{"dvau":"two","imau":"these","puruṣhau":"beings","loke":"in creation","kṣharaḥ":"the perishable","cha":"and","akṣharaḥ":"the imperishable","eva":"even","sarvāṇi":"all","bhūtāni":"beings","kūṭa-sthaḥ":"the liberated","uchyate":"is said"},"translation":"There are two kinds of beings in creation: the perishable and the imperishable. All material bodies are perishable, while the soul is imperishable.","simple_meaning":"Creation contains two entities: mortal physical forms that perish, and eternal conscious souls that never die.","commentary":"Krishna categorizes existence into changing matter (kshara) and unchanging spirit (akshara), setting the stage to reveal the Supreme Being beyond both.","theme":"The dual nature of creation: perishable matter and imperishable soul.","life_application":"Identify yourself as the eternal soul rather than the temporary body to overcome the fear of change and physical death."}