BG 15.17

उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः ।
यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ॥
uttamaḥ puruṣas tv anyaḥ paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ
yo loka-trayam āviśya bibharty avyaya īśvaraḥ

Word-for-word meanings

tu — but;  anyaḥ — different [from these two];  uttamaḥ — [is] the Supreme;  puruṣaḥ — Person;  udāhṛtaḥ — who is called;  parama-ātmā iti — Paramātmā [the Supreme Immanent Self];  avyayaḥ — the imperishable;  īśvaraḥ — regulator;  yaḥ — who;  āviśya — having entered;  loka-trayam — the three worlds;  bibharti — sustains [them].

Translation

But different from these two is the Supreme Person, who is called Paramātmā, the imperishable regulator, who, having entered the three worlds, sustains them.

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